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Музыка – это универсальный язык, так как этот язык доступен каждому. Если вы хотите понять иностранца, то слушайте его родную музыку и вы увидите его настоящую душу.

Вашему вниманию предлагается краткий экскурс в мир американской музыки. Но, роль простого зрителя

не для вас. Вам необходимо выполнить несколько заданий при

просмотре данного материала.

Задание №1. Заполните таблицу.

Kind of music When it was popular

Names of singers

1. Country 1920 Willie Nelson

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American music

1. hillbilly music

2.Country music

3.Music of working people

4.The marchers songs 5.

Anti-war songs

6.Teenagers

and Rock’n’Roll

7.Sixties Rock (softer )

8.Soul

11.Latin American music

9. Disco 10. Rap

The British folk music The blues Hillbilly

music

Hillbilly music Often sad stories of love andbroken hearts

Country music

During the 1930s America had many economic problems. Workers expressed their troubles in the folk music of the time. Folk songs but they are more traditional and more serious. They don’t just talk about love, they about the lives of ordinary people. Woodie Guthrie was a folk-song writer during the ‘30s. He travelled around the country and wrote songs about the poor people.

In the 1960s the West Coast became an important centre for rock music. Los Angeles and Southern California are famous for sunshine and surfing. There, a quieter kind of rock called surf rock became popular. The Beach Boys sang songs like “ Surfin’ USA”, “California Girls” and “Fun, Fun, Fun”. These songs made people dream about the good life in California.

Many people in the United States came from Spanish- speaking countries. There are many Mexican- Americans in such states as California, Texas and Arizona. Mexican folk music and dance is related to Spanish and native American folk music. The musicians wear large Mexican hats and Mexican cowboy suits with short jackets and silver decorations. After World War Two many Spanish- speaking people came to the United States from the islands of Puerto Rico and Cuba. They settled in the big cities in the east and in Florida. They brought Latin American music and instruments with them. This music is often called “salsa” Like the chili sauce, this music is “hot”. It combines Spanish music with African drums and rhythms.

Задание №1. Проверьте себя.

Kind of music When it was popular Names of singers

1.Country 1920 Willie Nelson

2. Music of working people

1930 Woodie Guthrie

3. The marcher s songs 1950 Luis Armstrong

4.Anti-war songs 1960 Bob Dylan, Joan Baez

5.Rock and Roll 1950 Bill Haley and the Coments, Elvis Presley, Big Bopper, Buddy Holly

6.Sixties rock 1960 The Bich Boys, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hedrix, Janis Joplin

7.Soul 1960 The Temptations, The Supremes

8.Disco 1970 Tina Turner, Michael Jackson,

9.Rap 1980 Planete rap, 50 Cent

10.Latin-american After World War Second Ritchie Valens

Задание №2. Кроссворд.

1.Music which tells about sad stories of love.2. Famous American country singer.3. Workers expressed their troubles in this kind of music.4

. Popular black music with a strong beat for dancing.

5. Kind of soul music.6. Singer who sang old folk song “We shall

overcome”.7. It began with young black people in big

cities.

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In conclusion I should say that music is the greatest occurrence in our life. From this work we can see that music don’t has limits and however it try to unite the people in the world. Someone famous said that mathematics is the universal language. I’m ready to argue – music is the universal language, because this language understands everyone. If you want understand foreigner – listen to his native music and you will see his true soul.

Список используемыхИнтернет ресурсов:

http://en.wikipedia.org./wiki/American popular music

http://en.wikipedia.org./wiki/Rock and rollhttp://en.wikipedia.org./wiki/Country

musicwww.timetoast.com/the history of

american musicwww.ala.org/programming/americasmusicmp3 ostrov.com.get-tune.net