与美国小学生一起学英文第12册 第30期:海顿

 　　Franz Joseph Haydn 弗朗茨·约瑟夫·海顿

　　Do you know the father of symphony¹? 你知道交响乐之父吗？

　　It is Franz Joseph Haydn. 他是弗朗茨·约瑟夫·海顿。

　　He composed many wonderful musical pieces for symphony, so people praised him as the father of symphony. 他为交响乐创作了许多美妙的乐曲，因此人们称赞他为交响乐之父。

　　One of his many symphonies² is the Surprise Symphony. 他有许多交响曲，其中之一就是“惊愕”交响曲。

　　It is very well-known. 它很出名。

　　He was an Austrian musician. 他是一位奥地利音乐家。

　　He also composed operas, concertos³ and other types of music. 他还创作了歌剧、协奏曲和其他类型的音乐。

　　Some great artists in history were not famous when they were alive. 历史上一些伟大的艺术家在世时并不出名。

　　However, Haydn was one of the most powerful and respected European musicians when he was alive. 然而，海顿在世时，是最权威、最受尊敬的欧洲音乐家之一。

　　He was also a friend of Mozart and teacher of Beethoven. 他还是莫扎特的朋友，也是贝多芬的老师。

1 symphony   

n.交响乐（曲），（色彩等的）和谐

参考例句：

• The Ninth Symphony of Beethoven is a famous one.贝多芬的第九交响乐非常有名。
• They play over the whole symphony.他们把整个交响乐重新演奏了一遍。

2 symphonies   

n.交响乐，交响曲( symphony的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The melody harks back to one of his earlier symphonies. 这首曲子使人想起他早期的一首交响曲。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• No one would deny that Beethoven's symphonies are great masterpieces. 人人都认为贝多芬的交响乐是伟大的杰作。 来自辞典例句

3 concertos   

n. [音]协奏曲

参考例句：

• I once heard Brendel play all the Beethoven concertos. 有一次，我听了布伦德尔演奏贝多芬全部的协奏曲。
• The six finalists then played two piano concertos each. 然后，六名决赛选手每人演奏了两首钢琴协奏曲。