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Héctor Villa-Lobos (1887- 1955)
An important Brazilian composer who grew up in Rio de Janeiro.
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Choros
Groups that Villa-Lobos performed with as a street musician.
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Saudade
The Portuguese word for a feeling of melancholy.
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Suite Populaire Brésilienne
A work composed by Villa-Lobos for classical guitar.
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Mazurka
A Polish dance that has a typical triple meter.
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Andrés Segovia
A famous guitarist who performed Villa-Lobos' compositions.
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Bachianas Brasileiras
A series of compositions by Villa-Lobos that combines Brazilian music with Bach's style.
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Embolada
A Brazilian musical style that inspired Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1. Composed only of Chellos
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Pampas
Grasslands in Argentina.
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Gaucho culture
The cowboy culture in Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
The capital of Argentina, meaning 'Good Winds'.
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Tango
A dance that originated in Buenos Aires.
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Teatro Colón
One of the most renowned opera houses in the world, located in Buenos Aires.
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Alberto Ginastera (1919-1983)
Argentina’s leading composer of the 20th century.
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Catalan and Italian ancestry
The background of composer Alberto Ginastera.
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Estancia
A work composed by Alberto Ginastera that tells the story of a young city man who becomes a gaucho.
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Malambo dance
A fast-paced, athletic dance of endurance used in Estancia.
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Sonata Form
A structure that includes Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation.
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Coda
A concluding section of a musical piece, meaning 'tail' in Italian.
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Polymeter
The use of two or more meters in a piece of music.
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Hemiola
A rhythmic technique that alternates between simple triple and compound duple meter.
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Dissonant harmonies
Harmonies that became more prevalent in Ginastera's later works.
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Argentine criollo music
A music style that has themes recalled in Ginastera’s Allegro Marcato.
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Premiere of Estancia
Estancia premiered at Teatro Colón in 1941.
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Traditional tambourines
In embolada, singers typically perform with tambourines.
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Duo performance
How embolada is typically presented, involving two singers.
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Gaucho
Argentine cowboy with a rich cultural tradition.
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