10CB1
UNIT 12:
MUSIC
D. WRITING
Writing a profile
Who is this musician?
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Language and music
Folk music
Scott Joplin
A famous American musician
Task 1: Fill in each blank with a suitable word
learned
became
was born
was
in
and
were
1. Scott ----------------- in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family.
2. He learned to play music when he ------------ very young.
3. Scott ---------------- to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music.
4. He quickly ----------------- famous.
5. His tunes ------------------ wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats which were known as Ragtime.
6. All in all , he wrote 50 piano rags, -------------- was called the King of Ragtime.
7. Scott Joplin died -------------- 1917.
Van Cao
A very talented Vietnamese musician
Task 2: Use the prompt to make up the complete sentences about Van Cao
-Van Cao/ born/ November 15th, 1923/ Nam Dinh/ a poor worker’s family.
-He/ start/ compose/ music/ when/ very young.
-He/write/ first song/ 1939/ and/ quickly become/ famous.
-1944/ he/ write/ Tien Quan Ca/ our National Anthem.
-Van Cao/ not only/ write/ songs/ poems/ but also/ draw/ paintings.
-He/ die/ July 10th,1995.
- Van Cao was born on November 15th, 1923 in Nam Dinh into a poor worker’s family.
- He started composing/ to compose music when he was very young.
- He wrote the first song in 1939 and quickly became famous .
- In 1944, he wrote Tien Quan Ca - our National Anthem.
- Van cao not only wrote songs and poems but also drew paintings.
- He died on July 10th, 1995.
Van Cao
A very talented Vietnamese musician
HOMEWORK


Write about the life story of a musician you know.