Music Final pt2

These flashcards cover key concepts and facts related to music and cultural history, drawing from various cultures and highlighting significant elements and figures.

The _ is the dominant instrument of Hindustani music.

Sitar

_ are thought to possess the ability to elicit a specific response in the listener and influence their conscious state.

Ragas

_ is a system of ornamentation of vocal music in India.

Gamaka

'I want people to forget their misery. I want to take them into a dream world where there is no poverty…' _

Desai Monmohan

_ is the traditional music of Portugal.

Fado

Fado songs express feelings of loss, regret, mourning and have been attributed to sailors expressing the emotional toll taken by a _ .

life at sea

Christian Friederich Ludwig Buschmann 1805 – 1864 is credited with the invention of the _ in 1822.

accordion

Traditional Portuguese music often includes the and .

machete, accordion

Carlos do Carmo 1939 - 2021 ' ' and the ' '.

Voice of Lisbon, The Portuguese Sinatra

_ is the capital of Argentina and was founded in 1580 'Fair Winds.'

Buenos Aires

In 1526 the first slaves from Africa were brought to South America by the _ , later by other Europeans.

Portuguese

The Gauchos were _ – often of mixed ethnicity, including Indigenous, African, and Spanish.

nomadic, minimalist, and expert horsemen

_ is a dance form associated with the Gauchos.

Malambo

The _ is a dance form popular around the world that originated in Argentina.

Tango

Tango = ' _ ' (working class/working poor)

dance of the immigrants

In the 1830s - immigrants from _ began to settle in the area called Texas.

Germany, Poland, Czchlosovakia

Late 19th-century European dance styles such as _ became popular with Tejano musicians.

Polka and Waltz

Double-row and were adopted at the turn of the 20th century by Tejano/Conjunto musicians.

Accordian, Bajo Sexto

Lydia Mendoza 1916 – 2007 was known as the _ .

Queen of Tejano

Valerio Longoria 1924 – 2000 Post-WWII Was a prominent figure in the 'New Generation' of accordionists that innovated/elevated conjunto by adding _ .

Drum Set

Freddy Fender 1937 – 2006 was a Conjunto/Tejano, Country, Rock musician who achieved crossover success in 1974, having the #1 on the Pop and Country Charts. The song was, ' _ '

Before the Next Teardrop Falls

Evidence indicates that _ reached North America by 1021 C.E., (Newfoundland).

Vikings

The Vikings had a _ belief system - Norse Mythology was the foundation and included gods including Odin, Thor, and Loki.

polytheistic

Viking instruments include and .

Talharpa and Frame Drum

Those that attempt to make 'music of the Vikings' do so as an _ as there is a lack of a written record of their practices.

act of speculation