Стр.131 По учебной программе ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 7 класс

4. Read the text and fact file and answer the questions.

   Prokofiev – the child prodigy

   Peter and the Wolf

   Peter and the Wolf is one of the most well-known pieces of classical music. Prokofiev wrote it in 1936. He invented the story as a way of introducing children to classical music and the different elements of an orchestra. The different characters in the story are represented by different instruments – when we hear a flute, we know that it represents the bird, when we hear strings we know that they represent Peter and the clarinet represents the cat. By listening to the music we hear the story as it is happening, and we learn the sounds of different instruments.

   Fact file:

   Sergei Prokofiev

   • Born: the Russian Empire, 1891
   • Started composing music at five years old.
   • Wrote his first opera at nine years old.
   • First teacher: his mother, a talented pianist
   • Most well-known works: Peter and the Wolf, opera War and Peace, ballets Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella
   1. How old was Prokofiev when he wrote his first opera?
   2. Who was Prokofiev’s first music teacher?
   3. When did Prokofiev compose Peter and the Wolf?
   4. Why did Prokofiev write this musical story?
   5. Which instrument represents the cat?
   6. What do we learn when we listen to the story?

Project

Do a project about another child prodigy: Mozart.

Plan

Draw a fact file table with the following headings: Full name; Place and date of birth; Age started composing; Wrote first opera; First teacher; Best known work(s); Died (date / age); Is there a film about him? If so, what’s the title?

Research

Find information about Mozart. Look in the library or search on the Internet. Make some notes about each section of the fact file.

Prepare

Complete the fact file with the relevant information. Illustrate it with some photographs or drawings.

Present your material

Put your project on a poster and show it to your classmates and teacher.