Beethoven

1. “Now the house is quiet, and I am alone.”

2. “The concert is tomorrow night.”

3. “I wonder what he’s thinking about. Perhaps he’s hearing something beautiful in his head.”

4. There he is! Where is Beethoven?

up on the stage waving his arms as a conductor would

5. Describe a few parts of the concert as Christophe does.

the singers

sopranos

bass players

6. How long is the concert?

it was hours long

7 .”Everyone was clapping and waving and shouting …. he didn’t even know to turn around.”

8. Now Beethoven has moved out, where does Christophe meet him?

on the street

9. What does Christophe want to be when he grows up?

doctor

10. Why?

so then he could help Beethoven deafness and blindness

11. How have Christophe’s feelings about Beethoven changed?

Beethoven is inspirational and pays respect to him

March 11, 2016

Beethoven Lives Upstairs Questions

1.What was Beethoven’s grandfather in charge of?
all the music in the castle
2. What did Beethoven’s father do for a living?
musician
3.  Beethoven’s father was an unhappy man. What would he expect young Beethoven to do instead of sleeping?
he would make him practice piano until dawn.
4. What would Beethoven hear in the morning when he went to bed?
morning bells
5. What does Mr. Beethoven have on his desk? Name two things.
all sorts of bells
four air trumpets
6. Who came by when Mr. Beethoven was out?
Beethoven's nephew
7. What instruments do you hear in the new piece?
violin  and piano
8. What news does Uncle have that he thinks Christophe will be happy about?
he
9. How many pianos does Mr. Beethoven have? Describe them.
4 no legs so then he could play on the ground
 many strings are broken
they are black
10. What are they stained black inside with?

11. The man who made Mr. Beethoven the ear trumpets also made him a .

What is it?

12. What is the season now that Beethoven has gone to Bonn?
summer
13. Who and what can Christophe hear from his room?
mother play piano
14. What does Christophe recall that Mr. Schindler said?
he said Beethoven works so hard he believes that music can change the world
15. How does Christophe upset the twins?
he screamed Good Morning in a tube against his sisters ear
16. What is Christophe tasked with fetching for Mr. Beethoven?
Pencils
17. How does Christophe try to get Beethoven’s attention?
He stomps his feet
 18. “Why, it’s the little gatekeeper .”

19. “When he laughs, he sounds like a lion.”

20. Beethoven and Christophe go for a walk. Describe the music and how it illustrates the storm that occurs.
The storm noise occurs was made by tremolo and timpani
21. Now Mr. Beethoven is gone for the summer. What will he finish before he comes back?

he will finish the symphony and will go back

10. “I don’t think the prince is afraid of Beethoven. I believe he’s showing him respect”

Describe some of the music Uncle sees on his walk in Vienna:

1. Across the bridge, he hears: A military band
2. Who else had stopped to listen too? And his pet?

An organ grinder and his pet monkey

c. Along the riverbank, he meets

Trope of country dancers

d. Farther on, I passed under a window and

she was playing Fur Elise

e. In the square, what chases the tiny woodsman coming out of the clock face?

Its a fox

f. What is important about the city of Bonn, Germany?
Beethoven was born there

Beethoven Lives Upstairs - Chapter 3. Pathetique Sonata

1. 'As strange as Mr. Beethoven seems, there are ___________reasons____________ for the way he _________acts_____________.'

2. Why doesn't Beethoven think, perhaps, how very strange he seems to us?

because he is only hearing beautiful music

3. Which number symphony is Beethoven currently working on?

9th

4. 'It was as if a bear had dropped in for tea."

5. Bold or Underline the correct word to describe Mr. Beethoven: Long with hair,his eyes are dark and shiny,tall,wide he has a big forehead.

6. Where would father used to carry Christophe when he was younger?

Down by the riverbank

7. He shook his head like a wild animal. And all the time, stamping his feet like he was marching or listening to his song.

8. Where has Beethoven been writing with a pencil?

Scribbling on the wall

9. How does Christophe stop the spotted dog's whining?

He gave a sugar cake 

10. Who pulls up to Christophe's house while he is outside with the dog?

The carriage with the prince inside

11. Christophe concludes, "Mr. Beethoven must be a terrible man, if even the prince is afraid of him."

12. Do you think Christophe is right? yes

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

1. What is the date?

Monday March 26th 1827

2. What is the weather like?

Wind And Snow and Thunder

3. What is the mood of the music?

Sad and sorrowful 

4. What city are we in?

Vienna 

5. What has made people so sad?

Ludwig Van Beethoven has died

6. How long does it take to walk one block to the church?

An hour and a half

7. Why does it take so long for the funeral procession?

Because there was such a large crowd

8. Who is the boy you might spot in the crowd?

Cristoff

9. How old is the boy, and what sad event has just happened in his own family?

He was only 10 and his father had just died 

The Escape & Sarastro’s Welcome

What are Pamina and Papageno doing at the start of the chapter?

How do Papageno & the dragon communicate with Sarah and Tamino?

What purpose do the bells serve to help our heroes escape?

When the team reaches Sarastro’s gates, what do they describe?

“This doesn’t look like a Sorceror’s _____________.”

When Sarah sees Sarastro, what does she expect him to look like?

Sarastro sings, “You will be lead by _________’s true ________.”

Sarah says “Listen.” What does Sarastro say you hear?

Sarastro says the queen’s heart is ________ and __________ like the __________.

Attack of the Queen of the Night

1. What kind of weather predicts the entrance of the queen?

thunder of the night

2. “She’s riding the _________shadows______ of the night. The __moon_______ is her war __________chariot_____.”

3. “Hear my decree. ____sarastro________must be humbled. ____sarastro______ must be humbled. Then see the force of darkness in my hand.”

4. The clouds are gone, but the darkness still covers the castle. What is the darkness?

darkness of the queens hatred

5. How will the darkness leave the land?

with the queens happiness

6. “__love______ is the magic that frees us from evil.”

7. Who is taking Tamino?

the guards

8. Tamino must face a test of trials in what beneath the castle?

Labrinth

9. Pamina sings, “My ___heart_______ is broken.” Why is she sad?

because Tamino has to face trials and might not live!

10. What does Sarah want to do to help the prince?

we want to go to "if he has to be tested then so de we"

11. Sarah will know they have passed the test when they hear what?

silver trumpets

12. "The walls of the labyrinth are all ______wet______ and _____slimy________.”

13. At the end of the chapter, what is the animal our characters hear?

bats

Papageno & the Queen of the Night - Blog Post Two

1. We meet a strange character. Is it a _______man_____ or a __bird____________?

2. “He’s calling the birds with his _____pipe_______!”

3. What colours are the birds?

rainbow

4. Papageno is the world’s best __________bird catcher___________.

5. Name two birds the characters see.

Canaries and nightingales

6. Who does Papageno catch the birds for?

the queen of the night

7. “No one can even _____look_______ upon the queen.”

8. How does Papageno feel about the queen?

Afraid and anxious 

9. Why does Sarah invite Papageno to join them?

because papageno knows his way around the kingdom, and sarah said that they would find papageno's papagena

10. “I am the ____moon______, I am the ___star__________, I am the _____night______.”

11. Who is the queen’s daughter?

Princess Pamena

12. What does the queen think she has she been taken by?

sorcery

13. “The _____prince____ must bring Pamina to me. Only here in the darkness can they find _______happiness __________."

14. The queen of the night gives Sarah what job?

you must go find with the prince to find Pamena 

15. What type of voice does the Queen of the Night have?

soprano

16. What happens to the flute when the queen touches it?

becomes cold as ice 

17. What fell into the hands of Papageno?

a little box full of bells

18. At the end of the chapter, what instruments does each character have?

papageno has pipe 

sarah has a flute

tamino has the bells

Who finds the dragon and Papageno?

Princess

Who is after her?

Sorestros guards 

How does Pamina know the prince Tamino is searching for her?

papageno tells her 

What does Papageno wish?

I wish somebody would love me 

What starts playing by itself?

the bells

What does Papageno sing about?

a girlfriend who will love me just like the birds above.....oh that would make me glad oh help me my poor heart is breaking.

Who sets off to find Prince Tamino at the end of this chapter?

prince tamino 

Where are Sarah and Tamino?

creastros castle

“Is Pamina still alive?” Who is Tamino speaking to?

invisible spirits 

What do they say?

she is alive 

How does Tamino attempt to call the princess?

the invisible spirit  

Who responds?

flute:monkeys , bears and lions

What is Tamino singing about in this section, while he plays the flute.

pamino come to me 

At the end of the song, what do Sarah and the Tamino become excited about hearing?

papagenos pipe

Mozart session 1

Mozart-The Magic Flutes

1. What type of voice do you hear singing?

High pitched sound (soprano) 

2. “Well little lady, are you here to play in the ____orchestra___________? I see you've got your ______flute___.”

3. What character is Sarah’s mother playing?

Queen of the night

4. What type of production is this?

opera

5. In the first minute, you learn about a few different characters in the opera. Name two.

Sarah,The Queen of Night

6. What type of weather will there be in the opera?

Stormy Thunder

7. Who is the first character Sarah meets when she arrives in the opera world?

Prince Timeno 

8. What is he running from?

the dragon

9. Can you hear what the man is singing about?

Oh help me Oh help me I am trapped and defeated.....

Oh rescue me oh save me......

10. How does Sarah defeat the dragon?

Magic Wand or Flute.She shrinks him

11. What is the dragon really like?

self concious and a coward

12. Who’s fighting in this world?

Two fierce enemies the queen of the night and the cerestro the magician 

13. How does the prince know the princess is in grave danger?

Prince saw her in his dream

14. At the end of the chapter, what do the characters decide to do?

They decide to go together