托福听力TPO16原文 Lecture 2-智课教育旗下智课教育.pdf

智 课 网 托 福 备 考 资 料托福听力TPO16原文 Lecture 2-智课教育旗下智课教育下面就让小编来为大家介绍一下托福听力TPO16原文中Lecture 2的文本内容吧，大家要好好把握，这些都是非常有价值的材料，同时，大家也可以登录智课教育论坛进行TPO练习辅导，希望能够给准备托福听力的同学带来帮助。TPO 16 Script Lecture 2Professor：Up until now in our discussions and readingsabout the broken early classical periods,weve been talkingabout the development of musical styles and genres within therelatively narrow social context of its patronage by the upperclasses.Composers,after all,had to earn a living and those whowere employed in the services of a specific patron,well,I donthave to spell it out for you,the likes and dislikes of that patron,this wouldve had an effect on what was being composed andperformed.Now,of course,there were many other influences oncomposers,um,such as the technical advances weve seen inthe development of some of the instruments,uh,you rememberthe transverse flute,the clarinet and so on.But I think if I wereasked to identify a single crucial development in European musicof this time,it would be the invention of the piano,which,interestingly enough also had a significant effect on Europeansociety of that time.And Ill get to that in a minute.Now,as weknow,keyboard instruments existed long before the piano-theorgan,which dates back to the Middle Ages,as do otherkeyboard instruments,such as the harpsichord which is stillpopular today with some musicians.But none of these has had asprofound an impact as the piano.Um,the piano was invented in Italy in 1709.The word pianois short for pianoforte,a combination of the Italian words for softand loud.Now,unlike the harpsichord whichc ame before it,thepiano is a percussion instrument.You see,the harpsichord isactually classified as a string instrument,since pressing a key of aharpsichord causes a tiny quill thats connected to the key topluck the strings that are inside the instrument,much the sameas a guitar pick plucks the strings of a guitar But pressing thekeys of a piano causes tiny felt-covered hammers to strike thestrings inside the instrument,like drumsticks striking the head ofa drum.This striking action is why the piano is a percussioninstrument instead of a string instrument.Okay,so why is this so important?Well,the percussive effectof those little hammers means that the pianist,unlike theharpsichordist,can control the dynamics of the sound-howsoftly or loudly each note is struck,hence the name,pianoforte,soft and loud.Now artistically for both composers andperformers this was a major turning point.This brand newinstrument,capable of producing loud and soft tones,greatlyexpanded the possibilities for conveying emotion.This capacityfor increased expressiveness,in fact,was essential to theRomantic style that dominated 19th century music.But Imgetting ahead of myself Um,before we get back to the musicalimpact of this development,I wanna take a look at the socialimpact that I mentioned earlier.Now,in the late 1 7005 and theearlier 1 800s,the development of the piano coincided with thegrowth of the middle class in Western Europe.Of course folkmusic,traditional songs and dances had always been part ofeveryday life.But as mass production techniques were refined inthe 19th century,the price of pianos dropped to the point that alarger proportion of the population could afford to own them.As pianos became more available,they brought classicalmusic,the music which previously had been composed only forthe upper classes,into the lives of the middle class people aswell.One way in particular that we can see the social impact ofthis instrument is its role in the lives of women of the time.Previously,it was quite rare for a woman to perform on anything,but maybe a harp or maybe she sang.But suddenly in the 19thcentury it became quite acceptable,even,to some extent,almostexpected for a middle-class European woman to be able to playthe piano,partly because among upper-middle class women itwas a sign of refinement.But it was also an excellent way forsome women to earn money by giving piano lessons.And somewomen,those few who had exceptional talent and theopportunity to develop it,their lives were dramatically affected.Later well be listening to works by a composer named RobertSchumann.But lets now talk about his wife Clara Schumann.Clara Schumann was born in Germany in 1819.She grew upsurrounded by pianos.Her father sold pianos and both herparents were respected piano teachers.She learned to play theinstrument when she was a small child and gave her first publicrecital at age 9.Clara grew up to become a well-known andrespected piano virtuoso,a performer of extraordinary skill whonot only gave concertsacross，Europe,but also was one of thefirst important feMale composers for the instrument.音乐历史课教授：到现在我们在课堂上对巴洛克早期时代的讨论和阅读，大多集中在相对较狭窄的上层社会所光顾的音乐的风格、类型及其发展上。作曲家还得过日子，那些被某些特别的顾客雇佣的音乐家，他们的名字我就不用点出来了，他们雇主的喜好，会对他们的创作和表演有一定影响。当然，影响作曲家的还有许多其他因素，比如音乐器材中体现出来的技术进步，嗯，比如你们记住的长笛、单簧管等等。不过，如果要我说出一项当时欧洲音乐的举足轻重的飞跃的话，钢琴的发明是当仁不让的选择。钢琴的产生过程很有意思，而且对当时的欧洲社会也有重要影响。我一会儿就会回到这个话题。嗯，正如我们所知，带键盘的乐器在钢琴诞生之前很久就已经存在了譬如风琴，它的历史可以溯源到中世纪;还有其他的乐器，比如带键竖琴，也有同样长的历史，它至今仍为许多音乐家的宠儿。但是，这些乐器都没有能够与钢琴媲美的影响力。嗯，钢琴于1709年产生于意大利。钢琴这个词是意大利语“pianoforte”的缩写，这个词的意思是柔软的、发声的。嗯，与它的前辈键竖琴相比，它的不同之处在于它是一种打击乐器。我们知道，键竖琴一般被分入弦乐器一类，因为当按下某一个键时，与这个键相连接的琴拔就会拨动某一根安装在乐器内部的琴弦。这种发音原理与弦乐器吉他非常相似，但是，当我们按下钢琴的某一个键时，就会有一只包裹了毛毡的小音锤敲击钢琴内部的发声弦，这个过程好比鼓锤击打鼓面。钢琴这种敲击式发声原理，是我们将其划入击打乐器，而非弦乐器的原因了。好了，说了半天，为什么这个话题很重要呢?嗯，这种击打式发声原理(即这些小音锤敲击发声弦这一过程)意味着弹琴的人可以控制钢琴所发出声音的力度变化即每一个音符的柔软度、强度，与钢琴的名字能控制音色与音强之琴很匹配吧!而相比之下，键竖琴的演奏者就做不到了。钢琴的产生，对于作曲家和演奏家的音乐表现都是一个转折点。这种全新的、能够发出强度大、音色柔软的调子的新乐器，大大地扩展了音乐家的情感传达力。这种更高级别的表现力，实际上，对于19 世纪占统治地位的浪漫主义音乐而言，是必不可少的。不过我现在要回答我之前提过的话题。嗯，在继续钢琴对于音乐界的冲击这个话题之前，我想粗略地谈谈钢琴的社会影响力，之前也讲过一些。在18世纪晚，19世纪初期，钢琴的兴起恰好遭逢了西欧中产阶级的扩张。当然，民谣，传统歌曲和舞蹈那时都是日常生活的一部分。但是，随着19世纪工业大规模生产能力的改良，钢琴的价格一路下跌，越来越多的人买的起它了。随着钢琴的日渐普及，它们将古典音乐这种先前只流行于社会上层的音乐形式也引入了中产阶级家庭中。钢琴在当时妇女的日常生活中的地位，可以特别有效地帮助我们窥探它的社会影响力。之前的时候，它对于西欧妇女而言还是很稀有的，女性在进行演奏时很少能用到它;一般的妇女要么会弹奏竖琴，要么会唱歌。但是，事情到19世纪就突然发生了很大变化。钢琴变得非常受欢迎，甚至绝大部分中上层阶级出身的妇女都被要求拥有弹奏它的能力。之所以形成这种局面，一部分是因为中上层女性把弹奏钢琴看成是优雅的标志。同时，很多女性也把教授弹钢琴看成谋生的一种不错的手段。并且，那些为数不多的、在钢琴演奏上颇有天赋且对钢琴演奏的发展做出了贡献的女性，她们的生活因为钢琴的流行而发生了很大的变化。稍后我们会播放作曲家罗伯特舒曼的作品，不过我们现在要讲一下他的妻子克拉娅舒曼。克拉娅1819年生于德国，她的成长经历都与钢琴不无关系。她的父亲是钢琴商人，并且她父母都是颇受尊敬的钢琴教师。她在幼年时就学会了钢琴演奏，9岁就第一次登台演出。克拉娅长大后成为一名备受尊敬的钢琴演奏大师。不仅她的演奏技巧风行全欧，而且她还是音乐史上第一位重要的钢琴曲作曲家。以上就是托福听力TPO16原文中Lecture 2的文本内容，希望大家能够用心体会，更多TPO文本内容小编稍后为您呈现。最后，小编祝大家在托福考试中取得好成绩！