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Music, art and literature

A Forms and people

Forms Person

Music classical composer
pop/rock songwriter

Art painting painter artist
sculpture sculptor } (general)

Literature — the novel novelist
short stories short story writer writer
poetry poet (general)
plays dramatist/playwright

Music
Classical music: e.g Beethoven’s piano concertos, Schubert’s symphonies. Beethoven and
Schubert are both composers (~ people who write classical music) and most of their
music is played by an orchestra (= large group of musicians including violins, cellos, etc.)
which is led by a conductor, e.g. Georg Solti or Loren Maazel, as leader.
Opera (= play in which the words are sung): e.g. La Bobéme by Puccini, Carmen by Bizet.
Rock and pop music: e.g. U2, Bon Jovi, Maria Carey. This music is played by groups/bands,
e.g. Bon Jovi, Simply Red; or solo artists, e.g. Madonna. Many solo artists, e.g. Phil
Collins, are singer-songwriters (= they write and perform/play their own songs).
Jazz: e.g. Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Stan Getz.

Musical instruments and musicians
saxophonist drummer
; \ pianist
violin —
“f

flautist (= person
who plays flute)

Art
If you want to see the paintings of a famous artist, you need to go to an art gallery or
museum, There you can see individual paintings and sometimes an exhibition (= a collection
of paintings by one painter or school of painters, e.g. the Impressionists), e.g.
There’s a Monet exhibition at the National Gallery next week.
There are many different types and styles of painting:
a portrait (= a painting of a person)
a self-portrait (= a painting of the artist by himself/herself)
a landscape (= a painting of part of the countryside)
an abstract painting (= a painting that is not realistic)

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