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Choose the best title:A: Three Great Austrian ComposersB:Three Great Composers of the Eighteenthe CenturyC:Three Great Child Composers

1.How did Haydn change the form of symphonies?

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2. How long did he work in eastern Austria?

He made them longer andfor a larger orchestra.

He worked in eastern Austria for 30 years.

Fast reading (II)Fast reading (II)1.How many pieces of

music did Mozart compose?

2. How old was he when he played for the Empress of Austria?

3. How long were Mozart and Haydn friends?

He composed over 600 pieces of music.

He was six years old.

They were friends for ten years.

Fast reading (III)Fast reading (III)1.Who taught

Beethoven how to play the

piano?

2. Did he stop composing when he became deaf?

His father taught him.

No, he continued composing when hebecame deaf.

name birthplace family background

Haydn

Mozart

Beethoven

AustriaAustria peasantpeasant

AustriaAustriamusicianmusicianorchestra conductororchestra conductor

GermanyGermany singersinger

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Joseph Haydn, an Austrian ________, was born in a village and is _________ the father of the symphony. He _______ the symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra. After________ music in Vienna, he went to work at the _____ of a prince in eastern Austria. Thirty years _____, he moved to London, _____ he was very successful.

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Another Austrian composer, Mozart, was born in Salzburg. _______ he only lived 35 years, he composed _________ 600 pieces of music, Mozart had musical _____ from a very early age. _________ he was 14, he had composed many pieces for the harpsichord, piano and violin, ________ for orchestras.

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In 1781 Haydn met Mozart and was

very _________ with him. They were friends ______ Mozart’s death. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany. When he was very young, he learned to play the violin and the piano _____ his father.

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In 1791, Beethoven met Haydn, who __________ Beethoven to move to Vienna. Beethoven became very _______ in Austria, and stayed there for the ___ of his life. Even after he became _________ deaf, he ________ composing.

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