初二上(5,课文)
维也纳是多瑙河畔一座美丽的古城,Vienna is a beautiful old city on the river Danube,
它是奥地利的首都,也是欧洲古典音乐的中心, It's the capital city of Austria and the centre of European classical music,
1750年以来,许多作曲家和音乐家来到维也纳学习和工作, From 1750 a lot of composers and musicians came to study and work in Vienna,
最著名的音乐家家族是施特劳斯家族, The most famous family of musicians was the Strauss family,
有两位作曲家叫约翰·施特劳斯:一位父亲和一位儿子, There were two composers called Johann Strauss: a father and a son,
父亲约翰·施特劳斯为一种古典舞蹈创作和演奏音乐,一种华尔兹,他的华尔兹使他走遍了整个欧洲, The father, Johann Strauss the elder, wrote and played music for a classical dance,a waltz,His waltz made him all over the Europe,
儿子约翰·施特劳斯比他的父亲更成功,更受欢迎,The son, Johann Strauss the younger, was even more successful and popular than his father,
他写了400多首华尔兹,最著名的是《蓝色多瑙河》,是1 8 6 7年创作的 He wrote more than 400 waltzes and his most famous one was The Blue Danube,He wrote it in 1867,
施特劳斯和莫扎特是两位最重要的作曲家。 Strauss and Mozart were two of the most important composers,
莫扎特1756年出生于奥地利,在他六岁之前,他不仅会弹钢琴,还会拉小提琴和风琴,Mozart was born in Austria in 1756,Before he was six he played not only the piano, but also the violin and the organ,
他的家人带他周游欧洲,他在许多城市举办音乐会。 His family took him around Europe and he gave concerts in many cities,
在他12岁的时候,他为他的第一个交响乐团创作了数百首古典音乐, He wrote his first opera at the age of 12 and hundreds of beautiful pieces of music for the classical orchestra,
但他死于1791年,当时他只有35岁,有人说他是欧洲最伟大的作曲家, But he died in 1791 when he was only 35,Some people say he was the greatest European composer,