Three Great Austrian Composers

Read the passage quickly and choose the best title. 快速阅读这篇文章，选出最恰当的题目。 Three Great Austrian Composers 三位伟大的奥地利作曲家 Three Great Composers of the Eighteenth Century 三位十八世纪伟大的作曲家 Three Great Child Composers 三位伟大的儿童作曲家 Haydn 海顿 Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) was an Austrian composer and is known as "the father of the symphony". 约瑟夫.海顿（1732-1809）是奥地利作曲家，著称为“交响乐之父” 。 Other composers had written symphonies before Haydn, but he changed the symphony into a long piece for a large orchestra. 之前也有作曲家写过交响乐，但是他为一个大型管弦乐队把一首交响乐变成了一首长的管弦乐。 He was born in a village in Austria, the son of a peasant. He had a beautiful singing voice. 他出生于奥地利的一个乡村，是个农民的儿子。他有一副好嗓子。 After studying music in Vienna, Haydn went to work at the court of a prince in eastern Austria, where he became director of music. 在维也纳学成音乐后，海顿去奥地利东部王子的宫廷工作，在那里他做的是音乐指挥仪。 Having worked there for 30 years, Haydn moved to London, where he was very successful. 在那里工作了三十年后，他搬到了伦敦，在那里他取得了很大成功。 Mozart 莫扎特 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) was a composer, possibly the greatest musical genius of all time. 沃尔夫冈?阿马多伊斯?莫扎特（1756-1791）是一位作曲家，几乎是那个时代最伟大的音乐天才。 He only lived 35 years and he composed more than 600 pieces of music. 他只活了 35 年，谱了 600 多首曲子。 Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. His father Leopold was a musician and orchestra conductor. Wolfgang had musical talent from a very early age. 莫扎特出生于奥地利的萨尔茨保。他的父亲利奥波德是一位音乐家和管弦乐指挥。沃尔夫冈从小就有音乐天赋。 He learned to play the harpsichord when he was four, he started composing music when he was five, 四岁的时候学习弹大键琴，五岁的时候开始谱曲， and when he was six, he played the harpsichord in a concert for the Empress of Austria. 六岁的时候，他就在音乐厅里为奥地利女皇弹奏大键琴。 Beethoven 贝多芬 By the time he was 14, Mozart had composed many pieces for the harpsichord, piano and violin, as well as for orchestras. 十四岁的时候，莫扎特已经为大键琴，钢琴，小提琴以及管弦乐队谱写了很多曲子。 While he was still a teenager, Mozart was already a big star and toured Europe giving concerts. 还是青少年的时候，莫扎特就已经是一位大明星，到欧洲各地旅游，举行音乐会。 Haydn met Mozart in 1781 and was very impressed with him. "He is the greatest composer the world has known," he said. 海顿 1781 年的时候遇见了莫扎特，对他印象非常深刻。他说， “他是有史以来最伟大的作曲家” The two were friends until Mozart's death in 1791.。 直到 1791 年莫扎特去世，他们两个都是朋友。 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) was born in Bonn, Germany. 路德维格.凡.贝多芬（1770-1827）出生于德国的波恩。 He showed musical talent when he was very young, and learned to play the violin and piano from his father, who was a singer. 在他年幼的时候就显示出了音乐才能。他向他作为歌手的父亲学习拉小提琴和弹钢琴。 Mozart met Beethoven and was impressed by him. "He will give something wonderful to the world," he said. 莫扎特遇见了贝多芬并对他印象深刻。他说， “他将给这个世界一些不一样的东西。 ： Beethoven met Haydn in 1791, but was not impressed by the older man. 莫扎特在 1791 年遇见了海顿，但并没有对这个老人印象深刻。 After they had known each other for many years, Beethoven said, "He is a good composer, but he has taught me nothing." 他们认识了很多年后 ，贝多芬这样说， “他是一位出色的作曲家，但是他没有教会我什么。 ” However, it was Haydn who encouraged Beethoven to move to Vienna. 然而，是海顿鼓励贝多芬搬到了维也纳去的。 Beethoven became very popular in the Austrian capital and stayed there for the rest of his life. 贝多芬开始在奥地利首都出名，在那里度过了余生。 As he grew older, he began to go deaf. He became completely deaf during the last years of his life, but he continued composing. 随着年龄的增长，他开始变得耳聋。在他余生的最后几年，他变得全聋了，但是他都坚持作曲。 Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory. 成功地克服困难是最大的光荣。