Unit 12. Music

Born on February 28th, 1939 in Lac Giao ( a high land in the middle part of Viet Nam.
Grown up in Hue.
Wrote more than 990 songs including Uot Mi, Diem Xua, Noi Vong Tay Lon
Died on April 1st, 2001 In Ho Chi Minh City.
Who is he?
Trinh Cong Son
Born on August 19th , 1975 in Ha Noi.
Graduated from Ha Noi Conservatory in 1997.
Has received many honors including the first prize in Ha Noi ‘s singing competition.
The Gold Medal in the National Competition in 1995.
The Golden Voice of ASIAN in 1998.
Who is she?
My Linh
UNIT 12: MUSICS
Section: Writing
Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Task 1: Make up complete sentences about Scott Joplin,
a famous American musician, using given prompts.
0. Scott/ born/Texas/1886/,/poor/but musical black family.
=>Scott was born in Texas in 1886, into a poor but musical black family.
1. He/learn/play/music/when/very young.
=>He learned to play music when he was very young.
=>Scott learned to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as to compose music
2. Scott/learn/play/works/composers/Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart/as well as/ compose/music.

3. He/quickly/become/famous.
=>He quickly became famous.
4. His tunes/be/wonderful mixture/classical European and African/beats/ which/he/ known as Ragtime.
=>His tunes were wonderful mixture of classical European and African beats
which were known as Ragtime.
5. All in all/he/write/50 piano rags/,/and be/called/King of Ragtime.
=>All in all he wrote 50 piano rags, and was called the King of Ragtime
6. Scoot Joplin/die/1917
=>Scott Joplin died in 1917.
Task 2: Write about the life story of Van Cao
Van Cao (1923-1995)
-Born: 15-11-1923
-Place of birth: Nam Dinh
-Family: poor workers
-Start composing music: when very young
-First song: 1939, quickly become famous
Tien Quan Ca ( National Anthem); 1944
-Artistic Works: Songs, poems, paintings
-Died: 10-7-1995
-Known as a very talented musician and highly appreciated by the Vietnamese people.
Van Cao was born in Nam Dinh on November 15th , 1923, into a poor worker family. He could compose music when he was very young. He composed his first song in 1939 and quickly became famous. Tien Quan Ca , The Vietnamese National Anthem, was composed in 1944. His artistic works were songs , poems and paintings. He died in 1995.Van Cao was known as a very talented musician and is highly appreciately by the Vietnamese people.
Write a paragraph of your favorite singer or musician.
Prepare the new lesson: Language focus.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
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