各位有考过 GRE 吗:) 著名 GRE阅读练习题大家感受一下
Passage 3
Was Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) a great composer? On its face, the question seems absurd. One of the most gifted prodigies in the history of music, he produced his first masterpiece at sixteen. From then on, he was recognized as an artist of preternatural abilities, not only as a composer but also as a pianist and conductor. But Mendelssohn’s enduring popularity has often been at odds — sometimes quite sharply — with his critical standing. Despite general acknowledgment of his genius, there has been a noticeable reluctance to rank him with, say, Schumann or Brahms. As Haggin put it, Mendelssohn, as a composer, was a “minor master…working on a small scale of emotion and texture.”
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1. Select a sentence in the passage whose function is to indicate the range of Mendelssohn’s musical talents.
2. The passage suggests that anyone attempting to evaluate Mendelssohn’s career must confront which of the following dichotomies?
A. The tension between Mendelssohn’s career as a composer and his career as a pianist and conductor
B. The contrast between Mendelssohn’s popularity and that of Schumann and Brahms
C. The discrepancy between Mendelssohn’s popularity and his standing among critics
D. The inconsistency between Mendelssohn’s reputation during his lifetime and his reputation since his death
E. The gap between Mendelssohn’s prodigious musical beginnings and his decline in later years.
3. The author mentions Schumann and Brahms primarily in order to
A. provide examples of composers who are often compared with Mendelssohn
B. identify certain composers who are more popular than Mendelssohn
C. identify composers whom Mendelssohn influenced
D. establish the milieu in which Mendelssohn worked
E. establish a standard of comparison for Mendelssohn as a composer
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别的不说，他的第三苏格兰交响曲我非常喜欢，常听常新。至于灵光一闪不能保持，说明有才气但“素质不全面”。不过小鞋真没感觉到“让人不快的旋律”。公认排名靠前的小鞋，就不必硬挑刺了吧。
本帖最后由 小白 于 2017-5-14 11:42 编辑
至于阅读理解里提到的，他的地位不如勃拉姆斯和舒曼，我同意。但就普遍意义的19世纪音乐家而言，无论如何不能说他水，如果在19世纪公认的音乐大师群体里说，那么可以说他是较小的一个大师。
胡说八道！别秀下限！
每次接触到门德尔松都犹豫一下，到底要不要听，是不是浪费时间。尽管我相信有的作品听了也还不错，但觉得还是不太值得。类似的还有普罗科菲耶夫梅西安格拉祖诺夫圣桑等一干人
胡说八道！别秀下限！
我一看到标题马上就在想一定会有人把那篇GRE阅读弄上来
小白 发表于 2017-5-14 11:39
别的不说，他的第三苏格兰交响曲我非常喜欢，常听常新。至于灵光一闪不能保持，说明有才气但“素质不全面” ...
推荐个 第三苏格兰交响曲 演录俱佳的版本吧
本帖最后由 audiophile 于 2017-5-14 19:02 编辑
听的是作品，不琢磨人品。
