Unit 12: Writing

Tuesday , March 13th
Tuesday , March 13th
2007
2007
Unit 12 : Music
Unit 12 : Music
Writing
WRITING A PROFILE


Scott Joplin (1868 - 1917)
- Scott Joplin was born in Texas in 1868,
into a poor family. He learnt to play music
when he was young. He quickly became
famous. He wrote 50 piano rags and was
called the King of Ragtime. He died in
1917.


Vocabulary
1. compose (v): /kəm’p z/ soạn nhạc
2. Tune (n): /tju:n / một bài hát, một bản nhạc
3. All in all (idm): nói chung, nhìn chung
4. rag (n): /r„g/ một bản nhạc Ragtime
5. Ragtime (n) : / ‘r„g taim/ một thể nhạc dành
cho piano, chòu ảnh hưởng của
nhạc Jazz, rất phổ biến ở Hoa
Kỳ vào đầu thế kỷ 20

0. Scott was born in Texas in
1868, into a poor but
musical black family
1. He learnt to play music
when he was young.
2. Scott learnt to play the works
of composers like Bach,
Beethoven and Mozart as well as
to compose music.
3. He quickly became famous.
4. His tunes were wonderful mixture of
classical European and African beats which
were known as Ragtime.
5. All in all, he wrote 50 piano rags, and was
called the King of Ragtime.
6. Scott Joplin died in 1917
(1868 - 1917)


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