Карпьюк 8 клас ( Unit 3) Music. Reading lesson.

HAYDN’S FIRST OPERA

When Haydn was young he was very poor. He made his living by playing the violin in the streets of Vienna. At that time in Vienna there lived a well-known singer named Curtz. One day Haydn and his friends decided to play a serenade under the singer’s windows. Curtz in his room listened to the music. He enjoyed the melody greatly and when Haydn and his friends stopped playing he ran downstairs crying: “Who wrote this music?” “I did” — said Haydn. “You! Then come upstairs to my room”, said the singer. When they came up-stairs, Curtz said: “Here are the words of an opera. Will you write the music?” Haydn said that he had never written an opera but that he would try. He started working and all went well till he came to a storm at sea. This was a problem. “How can I put a storm at sea into music? I have never seen the sea”, he said to I himself. He went to Curtz but Curtz couldn’t help him. He tried all kinds of notes but I without success. At last he got angry, crashed his hands down on the piano and cried: I “Dash the storm!” — “That’s just the music we need for opera”, cried Curtz with joy. I Many years later Haydn laughed when he thought of the storm in his first opera. I That opera was the beginning of a series of wonderful musical works by Haydn.

1. Haydn made his living by playing the violin in the streets of London.

HAYDN’S FIRST OPERA When Haydn was young he was very poor. He made his living by playing the violin in the streets of Vienna. At that time in Vienna there lived a well-known singer named Curtz. One day Haydn and his friends decided to play a serenade under the singer’s windows. Curtz in his room listened to the music. He enjoyed the melody greatly and when Haydn and his friends stopped playing he ran downstairs crying: “Who wrote this music?” “I did” — said Haydn. “You! Then come upstairs to my room”, said the singer. When they came up-stairs, Curtz said: “Here are the words of an opera. Will you write the music?” Haydn said that he had never written an opera but that he would try. He started working and all went well till he came to a storm at sea. This was a problem. “How can I put a storm at sea into music? I have never seen the sea”, he said to I himself. He went to Curtz but Curtz couldn’t help him. He tried all kinds of notes but I without success. At last he got angry, crashed his hands down on the piano and cried: I “Dash the storm!” — “That’s just the music we need for opera”, cried Curtz with joy. I Many years later Haydn laughed when he thought of the storm in his first opera. I That opera was the beginning of a series of wonderful musical works by Haydn.

2. He wasn’t poor so he didn’t have to play in the streets of Vienna.

HAYDN’S FIRST OPERA When Haydn was young he was very poor. He made his living by playing the violin in the streets of Vienna. At that time in Vienna there lived a well-known singer named Curtz. One day Haydn and his friends decided to play a serenade under the singer’s windows. Curtz in his room listened to the music. He enjoyed the melody greatly and when Haydn and his friends stopped playing he ran downstairs crying: “Who wrote this music?” “I did” — said Haydn. “You! Then come upstairs to my room”, said the singer. When they came up-stairs, Curtz said: “Here are the words of an opera. Will you write the music?” Haydn said that he had never written an opera but that he would try. He started working and all went well till he came to a storm at sea. This was a problem. “How can I put a storm at sea into music? I have never seen the sea”, he said to I himself. He went to Curtz but Curtz couldn’t help him. He tried all kinds of notes but I without success. At last he got angry, crashed his hands down on the piano and cried: I “Dash the storm!” — “That’s just the music we need for opera”, cried Curtz with joy. I Many years later Haydn laughed when he thought of the storm in his first opera. I That opera was the beginning of a series of wonderful musical works by Haydn.

3. Curtz was a famous composer

HAYDN’S FIRST OPERA When Haydn was young he was very poor. He made his living by playing the violin in the streets of Vienna. At that time in Vienna there lived a well-known singer named Curtz. One day Haydn and his friends decided to play a serenade under the singer’s windows. Curtz in his room listened to the music. He enjoyed the melody greatly and when Haydn and his friends stopped playing he ran downstairs crying: “Who wrote this music?” “I did” — said Haydn. “You! Then come upstairs to my room”, said the singer. When they came up-stairs, Curtz said: “Here are the words of an opera. Will you write the music?” Haydn said that he had never written an opera but that he would try. He started working and all went well till he came to a storm at sea. This was a problem. “How can I put a storm at sea into music? I have never seen the sea”, he said to I himself. He went to Curtz but Curtz couldn’t help him. He tried all kinds of notes but I without success. At last he got angry, crashed his hands down on the piano and cried: I “Dash the storm!” — “That’s just the music we need for opera”, cried Curtz with joy. I Many years later Haydn laughed when he thought of the storm in his first opera. I That opera was the beginning of a series of wonderful musical works by Haydn.

4 Curtz heard Haydn’s music by chance and liked it very much.

HAYDN’S FIRST OPERA When Haydn was young he was very poor. He made his living by playing the violin in the streets of Vienna. At that time in Vienna there lived a well-known singer named Curtz. One day Haydn and his friends decided to play a serenade under the singer’s windows. Curtz in his room listened to the music. He enjoyed the melody greatly and when Haydn and his friends stopped playing he ran downstairs crying: “Who wrote this music?” “I did” — said Haydn. “You! Then come upstairs to my room”, said the singer. When they came up-stairs, Curtz said: “Here are the words of an opera. Will you write the music?” Haydn said that he had never written an opera but that he would try. He started working and all went well till he came to a storm at sea. This was a problem. “How can I put a storm at sea into music? I have never seen the sea”, he said to I himself. He went to Curtz but Curtz couldn’t help him. He tried all kinds of notes but I without success. At last he got angry, crashed his hands down on the piano and cried: I “Dash the storm!” — “That’s just the music we need for opera”, cried Curtz with joy. I Many years later Haydn laughed when he thought of the storm in his first opera. I That opera was the beginning of a series of wonderful musical works by Haydn.

5. Haydn was proposed to write an opera.

HAYDN’S FIRST OPERA When Haydn was young he was very poor. He made his living by playing the violin in the streets of Vienna. At that time in Vienna there lived a well-known singer named Curtz. One day Haydn and his friends decided to play a serenade under the singer’s windows. Curtz in his room listened to the music. He enjoyed the melody greatly and when Haydn and his friends stopped playing he ran downstairs crying: “Who wrote this music?” “I did” — said Haydn. “You! Then come upstairs to my room”, said the singer. When they came up-stairs, Curtz said: “Here are the words of an opera. Will you write the music?” Haydn said that he had never written an opera but that he would try. He started working and all went well till he came to a storm at sea. This was a problem. “How can I put a storm at sea into music? I have never seen the sea”, he said to I himself. He went to Curtz but Curtz couldn’t help him. He tried all kinds of notes but I without success. At last he got angry, crashed his hands down on the piano and cried: I “Dash the storm!” — “That’s just the music we need for opera”, cried Curtz with joy. I Many years later Haydn laughed when he thought of the storm in his first opera. I That opera was the beginning of a series of wonderful musical works by Haydn.

6. Haydn had written some operas before.

HAYDN’S FIRST OPERA When Haydn was young he was very poor. He made his living by playing the violin in the streets of Vienna. At that time in Vienna there lived a well-known singer named Curtz. One day Haydn and his friends decided to play a serenade under the singer’s windows. Curtz in his room listened to the music. He enjoyed the melody greatly and when Haydn and his friends stopped playing he ran downstairs crying: “Who wrote this music?” “I did” — said Haydn. “You! Then come upstairs to my room”, said the singer. When they came up-stairs, Curtz said: “Here are the words of an opera. Will you write the music?” Haydn said that he had never written an opera but that he would try. He started working and all went well till he came to a storm at sea. This was a problem. “How can I put a storm at sea into music? I have never seen the sea”, he said to I himself. He went to Curtz but Curtz couldn’t help him. He tried all kinds of notes but I without success. At last he got angry, crashed his hands down on the piano and cried: I “Dash the storm!” — “That’s just the music we need for opera”, cried Curtz with joy. I Many years later Haydn laughed when he thought of the storm in his first opera. I That opera was the beginning of a series of wonderful musical works by Haydn.

7. There were no problems at all with writing music.

HAYDN’S FIRST OPERA When Haydn was young he was very poor. He made his living by playing the violin in the streets of Vienna. At that time in Vienna there lived a well-known singer named Curtz. One day Haydn and his friends decided to play a serenade under the singer’s windows. Curtz in his room listened to the music. He enjoyed the melody greatly and when Haydn and his friends stopped playing he ran downstairs crying: “Who wrote this music?” “I did” — said Haydn. “You! Then come upstairs to my room”, said the singer. When they came up-stairs, Curtz said: “Here are the words of an opera. Will you write the music?” Haydn said that he had never written an opera but that he would try. He started working and all went well till he came to a storm at sea. This was a problem. “How can I put a storm at sea into music? I have never seen the sea”, he said to I himself. He went to Curtz but Curtz couldn’t help him. He tried all kinds of notes but I without success. At last he got angry, crashed his hands down on the piano and cried: I “Dash the storm!” — “That’s just the music we need for opera”, cried Curtz with joy. I Many years later Haydn laughed when he thought of the storm in his first opera. I That opera was the beginning of a series of wonderful musical works by Haydn.

8. Haydn and Curtz wrote the music together

HAYDN’S FIRST OPERA When Haydn was young he was very poor. He made his living by playing the violin in the streets of Vienna. At that time in Vienna there lived a well-known singer named Curtz. One day Haydn and his friends decided to play a serenade under the singer’s windows. Curtz in his room listened to the music. He enjoyed the melody greatly and when Haydn and his friends stopped playing he ran downstairs crying: “Who wrote this music?” “I did” — said Haydn. “You! Then come upstairs to my room”, said the singer. When they came up-stairs, Curtz said: “Here are the words of an opera. Will you write the music?” Haydn said that he had never written an opera but that he would try. He started working and all went well till he came to a storm at sea. This was a problem. “How can I put a storm at sea into music? I have never seen the sea”, he said to I himself. He went to Curtz but Curtz couldn’t help him. He tried all kinds of notes but I without success. At last he got angry, crashed his hands down on the piano and cried: I “Dash the storm!” — “That’s just the music we need for opera”, cried Curtz with joy. I Many years later Haydn laughed when he thought of the storm in his first opera. I That opera was the beginning of a series of wonderful musical works by Haydn.

9. The music of storm appeared quite unexpectedly.

HAYDN’S FIRST OPERA When Haydn was young he was very poor. He made his living by playing the violin in the streets of Vienna. At that time in Vienna there lived a well-known singer named Curtz. One day Haydn and his friends decided to play a serenade under the singer’s windows. Curtz in his room listened to the music. He enjoyed the melody greatly and when Haydn and his friends stopped playing he ran downstairs crying: “Who wrote this music?” “I did” — said Haydn. “You! Then come upstairs to my room”, said the singer. When they came up-stairs, Curtz said: “Here are the words of an opera. Will you write the music?” Haydn said that he had never written an opera but that he would try. He started working and all went well till he came to a storm at sea. This was a problem. “How can I put a storm at sea into music? I have never seen the sea”, he said to I himself. He went to Curtz but Curtz couldn’t help him. He tried all kinds of notes but I without success. At last he got angry, crashed his hands down on the piano and cried: I “Dash the storm!” — “That’s just the music we need for opera”, cried Curtz with joy. I Many years later Haydn laughed when he thought of the storm in his first opera. I That opera was the beginning of a series of wonderful musical works by Haydn.

10. That was the first Haydn’s experience in writing operas.