Lizi Boyden of the Bach Choir
Факультет музыкального искусства эстрады
I курс
КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА
I. Перепишите следующие предложения. Определите по грамматическим признакам, какой частью речи являются слова, оформленные окончанием – s, и какую функцию это
окончание выполняет, т.е. служит ли оно:
а) показателем 3-го лица единственного числа в Present Indefinite;
б) признаком множественного числа имени существительного;
в) показателем притяжательного падежа имени существительного.
1. After spells as church organist at Arnstadt and Mulhausen, Bach’s first important position was at Weimar, where in 1708 he became the court organist and a chamber musician to the duke, Wilhelm Ernst.
2. The identity of Beethoven’s greatest love, his “Immortal Beloved”, remains a mystery to this day.
3. The roots of electronic music go all the way back to 1897, when Thaddeus Cahill patented the Telharmonium, a kind of gargantuan pronto-synthesizer – early models were 60 feet long, weighed 200 tons and interfered with local telephone networks.
4. Directors and conductors also point out that the voluntary and private support does not interfere with their artistic freedom.
5. For every American who has actually sat through a program of John Cage’s experimental music, there are probably hundreds who prefer the music and lyrics of American musicals.
II. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их, обращая внимание на особен- ности перевода на русский язык определений, выраженных именем существительным.
1. University schools of music, theatre and dance provide scholarships and professional training, and the best of their orchestras, groups, and performers are very good.
2. The community open-air concert which is free for all also has a long tradition in America.
3. Film versions, stage revivals, and sound tracks of musicals continue to have great popularity.
4. School and university ensembles and orchestras also play a very important role throughout the country.
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III. Перепишите следующие предложения, содержащие разные формы сравнения, и переведите их на русский язык.
1. The universities provide cultural offerings in many areas of the nation, especially in smaller cities, which would otherwise find it difficult to support a major symphony, theatre, or concert season on their own.
2. Musicals continue to be Broadway’s most popular and successful stage productions.
3. At a time when several other nations are forced to cut back on government spending for arts, the Americans, with their tradition of private and voluntary funding, have often had less difficulty.
4. Of the three candidates, Ms. Bates is the most experienced.
IV. Перепишите и письменно переведите следующие предложения на русский язык,
обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.
1. American popular culture is internationally associated with something called “the spirit of America.”
2. Some people can still remember a time when T-shirts, sweatshirts, and jogging clothes, the light windbreaker, “letter jackets” and tennis shoes, denim or “Levi” jackets, shirts, and plain old jeans were not common daily wear everywhere.
3. However, no-one finds it difficult to understand what “American” music is like.
4. Everybody in line was rubbing their hands and stamping their feet.
V. Перепишите следующие предложения, определите в них видовременные формы
глаголов и укажите их инфинитивы; переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. The real history of electronic music began in the years immediately after World War II, and was initially dominated by two studios: the RTF studio in Paris and the WDR studio in Cologne.
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2. RTF and WDR were soon joined by the RAI studio in Milan.
3. These studios remained primarily concerned with the production of tape works, but commercial developments were rapidly changing the technological landscape in which composers operated.
4. Jacques Offenbach, “the Mozart of the Champs-Elysees”, was the composer who made operetta an international art form, and paved the way for Lehar, Sullivan and the musicals of the 20th century.
5. The music of Gershwin and Bernstein has become a standard part of most orchestras’ repertoires.
VI. Перепишите следующие предложения. Подчеркните Participle I and Participle II и
установите функции каждого из них, т.е. укажите, является ли оно определением, обстоятельством или частью глагола-сказуемого; предложения переведите на русский язык.
1. Regardless of why it spreads, American popular culture is usually quite rapidly adopted and then adapted in many other countries.
2.”Happy Birthday to You,” for instance, is such an everyday song that its source, its American copyright, so to speak, is not remembered.
3. Generations have grown up watching American films and viewing America through them.
4. Black leather jackets worn in American movies by James Dean and Marlon Brando, too, could be found, a generation later, on all those young men who wanted to make this macho-look their own.
5. They found his missing papers in a trash can.
VII. Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык, обращая внимание на бессоюзное подчинение.
1. One of the most vivid memories I have from my childhood is my first day in school.
2. The book John was reading was a bit frightening.
3. The friends I met last night send you their love.
4. He said they were very busy yesterday.
VIII. Перепишите следующие предложения. Подчеркните в каждом из них модальные глаголы и их эквиваленты; предложения переведите на русский язык.
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1. Some three dozen orchestras in the United States can be termed “major’, or world-class.
2. You must not leave the room before the end of the test.
3. She may be the boss, but there is no excuse for shouting like that.
4. The heating comes on automatically. You don’t have to turn it on.
5. We are enjoying our holiday, though the weather could be better.
IX. Прочтите и переведите на русский язык следующие предложения, обращая внимание на то, что в них просьба (побуждение) выражена с помощью глагола to let.
1. Let me introduce myself. I am Jane Perry.
2. Let’s go away for the weekend.
3. Let them teach children the value of being more patient, with both themselves and others in the world.
X. Прочтите и письменно переведите 3, 5 абзацы текста .
MUSIC
Pop music
1. There are many styles of pop music in Britain and thousands of pop groups. Only a few become famous, and most stay famous for a very short time. It’s a world where “everyone is famous for five minutes”. Pop music is an important British export. Some groups like The POLICE, ULTRAVOX and SKY, and some singers like David Bowie, Elton John and Boy George are well known internationally.
From north to south.
2. If you ever did a musical tour of Britain, you might get some surprises. Electric guitarists and pop singers are not the only musicians to be heard. There are many strong, local traditions of music still very much alive today.
3. Let’s start in the north, in Scotland. The national instrument is the bagpipe. Not everyone likes the sound it makes, but to the Scots, bagpipe music is the most exciting in the world. For centuries, up to the First World War, Scottish pipers led the soldiers into battle, played for their royal masters, and at weddings and funerals. The bagpipes are still very popular, and every town has a pipe band.
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4. South over the Border, into the north of England, we come to the land of the brass band. This is the country of factories and coal mines, many of which have their own bands. Some of these are incredibly good. The Grimerhorpe Colliery Band, for example, is internationally famous. The bands have an annual competition and Britain’s best classical composers write music especially for them.
5. Let’s go south again, to central and southern England. Music is always to be found in the village church, where the choir sings old hymns which every school child learns. Here also, in the pub, you may meet a singer of old folk songs, or a troupe of dancing Morris men.
But now we must go west, for we will find the best choral music in Wales. The Welsh have always been famous for their singing. Even before the Romans came, 2,000 years ago, their “bards” were known to the ancient world. They still meet every year at the “Eisteddfod”, a Welsh competition. Now their “male voice choirs” are very popular, with their special rich, strong sound.
6. London, like all great cities of Britain, has a long tradition of classical music. Every night, English and international musicians perform in the concert halls and opera houses. London is one of the great classical music centres in the world.
7. Our musical tour is over, and it’s time to catch our plane home. But in the London underground,
on the way to the airport, we’ll pass some “buskers”, singing, or playing a guitar or flute. They
look modern enough, but don’t be mistaken. People like them have been playing in the streets of
Britain ever since history began.
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Lizi Boyden of the Bach Choir
From 8 in the morning until 6 at night, Lizi Boyden works in her office at the British Tourist Authority. But when the office closes, she puts down her files and letters and picks up her music. Sometimes she plays her flute with a group of friends. But on one evening in the week Lizi is always busy. On Monday evening, from 6 to 8, she practices with the Bach Choir.
The Bach Choir, now more than 100 years old, is perhaps the best of Britain’s many amateur choirs. Few of the 250 members of the choir are full-time musicians. They are not trained singers; they are not paid for their singing. But their choir is at the very top of the musical world. They have made many first-class records, they have sung with famous orchestras, and they have travelled to many different countries.
“The Bach Choir is a whole way of my life,” says Lizi. “You don’t just sing and go home again. After the rehearsals and concerts we all go to the pub together. We make up our own small singing groups as well. I even go on holiday with other members of the choir.”
Lizi joined the Bach Choir 10 years ago. She had to pass a singing test, and every three years she is tested again.” If your voice goes, they ask you very nicely to retire,” she says. The tests make her nervous. The choir is so important to her that she would hate to leave.
The Bach Choir has some famous fans, including Prince Charles. He sometimes sings with them himself. A few years ago he invited some of them to Windsor Castle to sing Christmas carols to his family.
“It was great fun,” says Lizi. “We were taken into a beautiful state room, and given China tea and cucumber sandwiches. Then the Queen and all the Royal family came in, and we sang for them. They sang some of the carols with us. They seemed to know all the words. Afterwards we had drinks with them.”
Lizi’s full-time job and her musical activities leave her with very little extra time. Why does she do it all? “I just lose myself in the music,” she says. “I love most of all singing beautiful musicin beautiful buildings. When you sing in the ancient cathedrals you look up at the roof, and you hear the music going up and up. It’s a wonderful feeling.”
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