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Unit1:Music

Text1

Discuss

whatkinds

of

music

youfindinspiring

helpsyouconcentrate

annoysyou

isgoodtolistentowhenyourehappyorsad

Reading

Lookatthistitle.Whatdoyouthinkthearticlewillbeabout?

Discuss

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Inwhichsectionarethequestionsanswered?Locatethesectionandhighlightthelines

whereyoufindtheanswers.

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Nowreadthetextagainandanswerthequestionsthatfollow:

Tributebandsessentiallypretendtobetheoriginalartists.Lookbackthroughthearticleand

highlightallthewordsthatareusedtosuggesttheideaofcopying.Thendrawamindmap.

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Readthetitleofthisarticle.Doyouthinkthearticlewillbeaboutunusualmusicians,disc

jockeysormusicbands?

Readthewholearticletocheckyourpredictions.

Fillinthegapswiththecorrectformofthewordinbrackets.

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Doyouhavebuskersinyourcity?Howdoyoufeelaboutthem?

Discuss

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Completethesecondsentencesothatithasasimilarmeaningtothefirstsentence,using

thewordgiven.Donotchangethewordgiven.Youmustusebetweenthreeadsixwords

includingthewordgiven.

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Text2

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AmazontochallengeiTuneswith29pMP3musicdownloads

Onlineretailerscheaptracksmaysparkpricewar

Fearsthatmusicwillbedevaluedbydiscounting

ThegiantonlineretailerAmazondeclaredanMP3pricewaryesterdaybyslashingthe

price

of

many

top

selling

downloads

in

an

attempt

to

grab

a

bigger

slice

of

the

legal

musicdownloadmarket.Inamoveseenbyexpertsasanaggressiveattempttosteal

customfromitsrivaliTunes,Amazoncutthepriceofmorethan100tracksincluding

LilyAllensTheFearandLadyGaGasPokerFaceto29p.

Onthebargain list,whichspanspop,hiphop,rock,classicalandjazz,music fanscan

alsofindoldertrackssuchasOasissWonderwallandNeilYoungsRockin intheFree

Worldforupto70plessthanonApplesiTunes.Amazon,whichalsooffersalbumsfor

aslittleas3,saidthereductionswerebeingmadeindefinitely.

ThenewscomesasApplewhichisestimatedtocontrolupwardsof70%ofthelegal

downloadingmarket

announced

some

of

its

hit

tracks

would

increase

in

price,

while

otherbackcataloguesongswouldbereduced,aspartofthecompanys introduction

ofvariablepricing.Aspokesmanconfirmedthatsongswouldnowbeavailableatthe

iTunesstoreat59p,79pand99pbutrefusedto fuelspeculationaboutanMP3price

war,sayingthecompanydidnotcommentoncompetitorsorfuturepricingstrategy.

Music industry analyst Mark Mulligan, vicepresident of Forrester Research, said

Amazons actionswere the first serious threat to Apples dominance of themusic

downloadmarket.UntilthispointAmazonhavebeensomethingofasleepinggiant,

wearenowseeingsomerealgrandstanding,hesaid.

Butdespite

the

online

retailers

marketing

offensive,

the

Apple

crown

was

unlikely

to

betoppledanytimesoon.IfAmazonaregoingtocompetetheyaregoingtohaveto

throweverythingatiTunesortheyjustwontmakeadent.Eveniftheyarecheaperit

willtaketimetochangepeopleshabitsand it isstillthatbitmore inconvenient.He

added that the real challenge for digital online services such asAmazon andApple

would be to convert traditionalmusic buyers to digitalwhile finding newways to

bridgethegulfbetweenphysicalanddigitalmusicrevenue.Companieshaveto find

waysofsellingtopeoplewhodontwanttopay.Variableandaggressivepricingisone

weapon intheirarmoury,butitsonlypartofthebattle.Thequestionisnotwhocan

beat iTunesbutwhocan take the industryon fromwhat iTuneshaveachieved,he

said.

PaulScaife,managingdirectorofthemusicindustrynewsletterRecordoftheDay,said

morecompetitionwasgoodnewsfordigitalmusicconsumers,andvariablepricingwas

welcomedby labelswhohave long lobbied forsongs tobepricedaccording to fans

perceived value. But hewarned: Music has been pretty devalued already. If they

continuetosellatadiscountthatbecomesthedefactopriceandanythingelseseems

expensive.Asingletrackhasgottobeworthmorethan29p.

Record labels are not the only ones concerned about pricing. Scottish dance artist

CalvinHarris,whosesingleImNotAloneisexpectedtoreachthetopfiveinthesingles

chart,postedashockedcommentonTwitterafterdiscoveringthepriceofhissongat

Tesco.Hewrote:GoodLord! Ijustsawyoucanbuy itatTescos for57p!57p!That

tracktookmetwoyears!57p!Twoyears!57p!Nowondermusicsintrouble.

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Text3

Venezuelas vibrant young music stars to wow LondonSimnBolvarOrchestratotakeSouthbankresidence

Eventswillsweepasideviewsonclassicalmusic

CharlotteHiggins,chiefartswriter

February

27,

2009

Theyhavebeenfetedasleadingthewaytowardsanew,exciting,impassionedfuture

forclassicalmusic;theyhavebroughttearsandcheerswherevertheyhaveperformed.

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And this spring, the flagship orchestra ofwhat the conductor Sir Simon Rattle has

calledthemost importantphenomenon inmusictoday istotakeupresidenceatthe

SouthbankCentreinLondon.

The orchestra is the Simn BolvarNational YouthOrchestra ofVenezuela. For five

daysin

April

it

will,

according

to

Marshall

Marcus,

the

centres

head

of

music,

seep

like a liquid through every space in theRoyal FestivalHall. Theywill sweep aside

everypreconceptionpeoplehaveaboutclassicalmusic,he said.Anyonewhoever

thoughtclassicalmusicwasnotforthemthisistheonethingtheyshouldsee.They

demonstratewhatweveperhapsbeenmissing inEuropemusiciansperformingout

ofasheer,unbridleddesiretolivethemusic.

The orchestra of 200 18 to 25yearolds had already announced a pair of concerts

under its dynamicmusic director,GustavoDudamel, 28,who is alsomusic director

designateof theLosAngelesPhilharmonic.Theconcerts soldout immediatelybut

nowthe

Southbank

has

unveiled

anumber

of

free

and

low

priced

events

throughout

the residency. The main concerts, which feature works by Stravinsky, Bartk and

TchaikovskyaswellasworksbyLatinAmericancomposerssuchasRevueltas,willalso

berelayedfreeintheFestivalHall.

TheextraeventswillincludeaneveningofLatinjazzandfusionfeaturingmembersof

the orchestra. There will be a free concert by the 50strong Simn Bolvar Brass

Ensemblewellknowninitsownrightandpraisedforitsunbelievablepanacheand

astonishingvirtuositybyTimAshleyintheGuardian.Afamilyconcerton17Aprilwill

be introduced by Dudamel. The orchestra will perform classical works as well as

Venezuelanfavourites.

Some

of

the

younger

conductors

following

in

Dudamels

footstepswilltaketothepodium.

Therewill also be a series of symposiums. The firstwill involve a chance to hear

Dudamel,membersoftheorchestraandmaestroJosAntonioAbreutalkabouttheir

work.AbreuisthevisionaryfounderoftheSistema,theradicalmusiceducationcum

social project fromwhich the orchestra springs.Other talkswill look at the efforts

beingmadetosetupsimilareducationprojectsintheUK,includingSistemaScotland,

apilotprojectinRaploch,nearStirling.

The Sistema was set up in 1975 by Abreu partly as a response to the dearth of

Venezuelanclassicalmusicians. Itwasalso from thebeginninga socialprojectusing

musicas itsmeans stemming fromAbreusbelief thatevery child,howeverpoor,

shouldhavetheopportunitytopunchoutofthepovertycycle.About250,000children

arenow involved in theSistema.Theystudy from2pmto6pmeveryday,withwork

focusedon the ideaof theorchestra rather than the individual.Assoonas theyare

able,olderchildrenareencouraged tohelpmentoryounger studentsor to conduct

ensembles.

Abreu told theGuardian in2006:ThephilosophyofelSistemashows that thevicious

circle of poverty can be broken when a child poor in material possessions acquires

spiritualwealth

through

music.

Our

ideal

is

of

acountry

in

which

art

is

within

the

reach

of

everycitizensothatwecannolongertalkaboutartbeingthepropertyoftheelite,but

theheritageofthepeople.

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Analysis