Unit 4- Story 7

1. Unit 4- Story 7 The Man Who Wrote Messiah The Man Who Wrote Messiah

2. The Man Who Wrote Messiah Vocabulary

3. The Man Who Wrote Messiah Oratorio • A talented person who shows others the skill • A way to tell someone how to do something • A most important song in an opera; sung by one of the main characters • A masterpiece; a work of art; a stunning success

4. The Man Who Wrote Messiah B) Chorus usually based on biblical scripture

5. The Man Who Wrote Messiah Patron • A financial supporter; a benefactor; an investor • An artist who copies other artist’s work of art or masterpieces • An invitation to a party or celebration • A way to schedule an appointment for a formal dinner

6. The Man Who Wrote Messiah A) A financial supporter; a benefactor; an investor

7. The Man Who Wrote Messiah Repertory • A style of the day • A collection of related music of a composer; an inventory • An interest in someone’s career • A group of people who are in a quad

8. The Man Who Wrote Messiah B) A collection of related music of a composer; an inventory

9. The Man Who Wrote Messiah Improvise • To make up or change a musical piece while performing it; ad-lib; wing it; invent • To manage or get by just so • To play or sing a song without music playing in the background • To play or sing a song with permission from the original composer

10. The Man Who Wrote Messiah A) To make up or change a musical piece while performing it; ad-lib; wing it; invent

11. The Man Who Wrote Messiah Harpsichord • A brass instrument played by blowing into the mouth piece and sliding the arm or slide • A stringed instrument played by strumming a bow across the strings; played standing up • A percussion instrument played by hitting a block of wood • A keyboard instrument, played like a piano, whose strings are plucked

12. The Man Who Wrote Messiah D) A keyboard instrument, played like a piano, whose strings are plucked A piano’s strings are hammered or hit (why a piano is considered a percussion)

13. The Man Who Wrote Messiah Comprehension

14. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 1) What type of story is The Man Who Wrote Messiah? • Narrativefiction • Literary analysis • Fairy tale • Biography

15. The Man Who Wrote Messiah D) Biography

16. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 2) How is the story written? • It starts with his birth and moves forward • It goes back and forth through his life • It starts with his death and goes backwards in time • It is written through Handel’s perspective or point of view

17. The Man Who Wrote Messiah B) It goes back and forth through his life

18. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 3) Who recognized Handel’s talent when he was a child? A) His father B) His mother C) Duke Johann Adolf D) The King of Vienna

19. The Man Who Wrote Messiah C) Duke Johann Adolf

20. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 4) What did Handel’s father want for Handel’s career? • A writer • A duke • A musician • A lawyer • All of the above

21. The Man Who Wrote Messiah D) A lawyer

22. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 5) What instrument did Handel play? • A piano • A harpsichord • A trumpet • A violin • All of the above

23. The Man Who Wrote Messiah B) A harpsichord

24. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 6) What do you call someone who shows an early and rare talent? A) A conventional person B) A person with an ability C) A really great person D) A prodigy or genius E) All of the above

25. The Man Who Wrote Messiah D) A prodigy or genius

26. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 7) What was Handel’s first opera? • Rinaldo • Messiah • Radamisto • The Beggar’s Opera • All of the above

27. The Man Who Wrote Messiah A) Rinaldo

28. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 8) In an opera, what do you call a song sung as a solo? A) A solo B) An aria C) A baroque D) An accapella

29. The Man Who Wrote Messiah B) An aria

30. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 9) How did Handel make his money? • Through his manager • He had investors • He charged people at the door • B and C • All of the above

31. The Man Who Wrote Messiah D) B and C

32. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 10) What Handel’s opera company called? A) Handel’s School of Music B) Royal Academy of Music C) School of Opera D) King George’s and Queen Anne’s School of Music E) All of the above

33. The Man Who Wrote Messiah B) Royal Academy of Music

34. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 11) How did people react to Handel’s music? A) They were clamoring to get into the concert halls to hear is music and songs B) They were indifferent to his music: it seemed like everyone else’s music C) They behaved politely, as the wealthy should behave D) They did not attend his performances because they were disgusted by his music E) All of the above

35. The Man Who Wrote Messiah A) They were clamoring to get into the concert halls to hear is music and songs

36. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 12) At the height of his success, how did Handel treat people? • Politely and with respect • Curtly and rudely • Indifferently and unmoved • Nicely and pleasantly • All of the above

37. The Man Who Wrote Messiah B) Curtly and rudely

38. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 13) Why did Handel have to declare bankruptcy? A) People were not attending operas: they were bored of operas (overall) B) People were not attending his operas: they thought the operas were terrible C) His investors ran away from him and his Academy D) His musicians and singers would not come to work anymore E) All of the above

39. The Man Who Wrote Messiah A) People were not attending operas: they were bored of operas (overall)

40. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 14) What did the opera: The Beggar’s Operado to Handel? • People liked this type of opera better than his • It was another hit to his career and he wasn’t making any money • It was a new type of opera: in English, not Italian and people like this better • It made him work harder and fervently or zealously • All of the above

41. The Man Who Wrote Messiah E) All of the above

42. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 15) What was happening to Handel’s health? • He was fine; healthy as a horse • It was worsening: he got palsy due to stress • He was hospitalized for a stroke • He had a heart attack • All of the above

43. The Man Who Wrote Messiah B) It was worsening: he got palsy due to stress

44. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 16) What happened to his fingers? A) They fell off from frostbite B) He lost them in a printing accident C) He loss the use of them: palsy- from stress and overwork D) He received daily manicures to keep them nice

45. The Man Who Wrote Messiah C) He loss the use of them: palsy- from stress and overwork

46. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 17) How did Handel get his health back and feel better? • He got away from the stress • He went to a spa for the summer • He took daily hot tub baths • He ate better • All of the above

47. The Man Who Wrote Messiah E) All of the above

48. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 18) How did the staff know that Handel as feeling better? • He was gloriously playing the harpsichord in the church • He was being rude and curt again • He told them to get him a piano • He called his Academy • All of the above

49. The Man Who Wrote Messiah A) He was gloriously playing the harpsichord in the church

50. The Man Who Wrote Messiah 19) Who ‘saved’ Handel from his debt and sadness of not composing his music? A) Charles Jennens gave him a script, from the Bible, and wanted him to write the music B) Charles Jennens gave him much money and told him to start composing again C) The King of England asked Handel to write an opera about the Holy Grail D) The Duke found him and gave him money