17.IN THE WORLD OF ARTS
I. Music plays a great role in my life._2. My mother did her
Best to acquaint me with serious music. 3. She often took me to
symphonic concerts and to the Opera House. 4.I was greatly impres-
sed with the 7th symphony composed by Dmitry Shostakovich. 5. This symphony was written in Leningrad, when the city was surrounded by the fascists. 6. The Spirit and heroism of Leningraders inspired the composer.
7.My favourite Russian composer is Milchail Glinka. 8. He was the founder of the Russian national school of music. 9. He was born in 1804 in the village of Novospasskoe. lO. When a boy he loved to listen to folk-songs performed by the peasants. II. His first teacher was a serf who taught the boy to play the violin. 12.He was 13 years old when he composed his first variations and romances based on folk music. 13. In 1336 Glinka wrote the first Russian opera "Ivan Susanin" ("Life for the Tzar"). I4.Hia next opera was "Ruslan and Lyudmila" based on Pushkin's poem.
15.1 am also fond of light music l6.My favourite group is "The Beatles". 17 T.John Lennon, Ringo Star, Paul McCartny and George Harison were among the first rock-musicians in Britain in the 6o-ies 18.Their songs are so tender and wonderful, they always give me joy.
14,Art is also represented by painting, sculpture, architecture. 20. Russian painting is known for its glorious realistic traditions. 21 Russian painters of the I9th century reflected the real life of common people, everyday scenes with great warmth лай noetic feeling. 22.There are many outstanding Russian masters of painting, such as Levitan,Shishkin,Aivasovsky,Surikov,Repin and others. 23.My favourite Russian painter is Aivasovsky. 24.When I was in his picture gallery in Feodosia I couldn't take my eyes off his masterpieces. 25.He devoted his creative work to the sea. 26.He painted-in oils and his canvases are very Impressive. 27.My favourlte picture is "The Black Sea". 28. He also painted sea battles.
29. Every educated person knows the names of such painters as Leonardo de Vinci, Raphael, El Greko, Rembrandt, Rubens, Durer. 30. The famous English artists are Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Turner. 31. When we go to the famous museums we enjoy the masterpieoes of these great painters. 32. When we visit St.Petersburg we enjoy wonderful pieces of sculpture and architecture by Rastrelli. Klodt, Volkov, Falcone, Voronihin and others.
QUESTIONS . I.Do you know famous English composers?
-The name of Benjamin Britten Is well-known. He composed operas. One of them Is " A MDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" based on Shakespear. His "The War Requiem" is a hymn in honour of the children and women killed by the German bombs during World War II. 2.What American painters and composers do you know?
-I heard the name of Rockwell Kent, tie painted the North. And I know Gershwin's "Westside Story". It is a famous musical film. 3,What are your favourite songs by "The Beatles"
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