All over the world people listen to classical music. Classical music is cult to describe. It means different things to different people.
Some famous classical composers were Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart. In their music, they did not tell a story or show strong emotion. They wanted to make a beautiful, interesting design. They wanted to write lovely sounds.
Then composers started to interpret ideas. They told stories about wars, armies and soldiers. They wrote about religion. Sometimes they composed music for holidays. They told love stories and showed strong emotion. Some of these composers were Beethoven, Schumann Chopin, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky.
Classical music stays with people a long time. Bach wrote about 300 years ago, Beethoven wrote about 200 years ago, and Tchaikovsky wrote over 100 years ago.
Sometimes people close their eyes to listen to classical music. When they close their eyes, they can see the design. They can listen to the same classical music many times and enjoy it.
Sometimes it is difficult to understand. The listener has to think about it. However, we can all learn to enjoy some classical music. It is very important to people.
1. Classical music is famous ______
A. in the Western B. in Europe C. in the United States D. all over the world
2. The first classical composers wanted to ______
A. tell stories about religion B. write lovely sounds C. show strong emotion D. b and c
3. What kind of stories did some composers not tell in their music?
A. Love B. Wars C. Religion D. racial integration
4. Beethoven ________.
A. composed his music a long time ago.B. just wanted to make an interesting design.
C. did not tell a story. D. wrote sonic music that was difficult to understand.
5. People sometimes close their eyes when they listen to classical music in order to ________.
A. understand it clearly. B. think about the design.
C. form the picture of the design in their mind. D. hear the same classical music many times.
