Mozart and Elvis: Musical Genius and Rock ‘n’ Roll Myth

Posted on Mar 25, 2025 in Music

Mozart: A Musical Genius

a)

  1. Mozart can be considered a genius because he was a child prodigy, the youngest person to ever compose music.
  2. Mozart’s style is unique, representing a synthesis of many different elements, each explored, then partly rejected and partly absorbed.
  3. The main characteristics of Mozart’s mature music are its melodic beauty, formal perfection, technical flawlessness, unmatched joy, unequaled complexity, richness of harmony and texture, colored by Italian opera and rooted in Austrian and South German traditions.
  4. Mozart can be considered superior to Beethoven and Haydn because he excelled in every medium current in his time.

b) (True, False, False, True)

Elvis Presley: The King of Rock and Roll

a)

  1. Music critics argue that Elvis Presley did not invent rock and roll because the roots of rock, rhythm and blues, and country and western music had existed for years before Elvis began his career.
  2. 1954 can be considered a turning point in the history of modern music because Elvis Presley recorded his first record, “That’s All Right, Mama,” for Sun Records, bringing a new revolution to life.
  3. The technician at Sun Records believed after recording Presley’s song that the young man could well be the singer his boss had been looking for years.
  4. Elvis Presley is considered a myth of the 20th Century because the popularity of rock and roll would probably never have been the same without him. He sold millions of records.


English Usage

Lexicon

(Hard, Myth, Same, Small)

Grammar

  1. But he didn’t really “invent” it.
  2. He recorded “That’s All Right, Mama”.
  3. He didn’t really have an easy childhood.

Vocabulary

    1. movie
    2. cab
    3. gas
    4. round trip or a one way ticket
    5. store
    6. lavatory
    7. fall
    8. can
    9. elevator
    10. truck
    1. Don’t give him/her away, it’s unfair.
    2. The general manager disagreed with him/her.
    3. The inspector found them out.
    4. Did the robbers get away with it?
    5. The hunter aimed at it, but missed.

Grammar

  1. He said that his favorite singer had disappointed him.
  2. He said that he no longer liked the lyrics of his songs.
  3. He said that he thought that the new rhythm would spread fast.
  4. He said that they wouldn’t attend the concert that night.
  5. He said that rock records were easily sold.
  6. He said that he was going to buy an electric guitar.
  1. They told the customers to lie on the ground.
  2. They told a young man not to move.
  3. They told the manager to open the safe.
  4. They told me not to phone the police.
  5. They told the cashier to put the money into the bag.
  6. They told an old lady not to get so excited.
  1. I inquired if you were going to the concert.
  2. He asked how fans found out pop singers’ addresses.
  3. Mary inquired if she should play the guitar there.
  4. They asked where the records were.
  5. She asked why The Beatles had become a legend.
  6. We asked when you would celebrate the concert.