Week 7 Flashcards

Héctor Villa-Lobos (1887- 1955)

An important Brazilian composer who grew up in Rio de Janeiro.

Choros

Groups that Villa-Lobos performed with as a street musician.

Saudade

The Portuguese word for a feeling of melancholy.

Suite Populaire Brésilienne

A work composed by Villa-Lobos for classical guitar.

Mazurka

A Polish dance that has a typical triple meter.

Andrés Segovia

A famous guitarist who performed Villa-Lobos' compositions.

Bachianas Brasileiras

A series of compositions by Villa-Lobos that combines Brazilian music with Bach's style.

Embolada

A Brazilian musical style that inspired Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1. Composed only of Chellos

Pampas

Grasslands in Argentina.

Gaucho culture

The cowboy culture in Argentina.

Buenos Aires

The capital of Argentina, meaning 'Good Winds'.

Tango

A dance that originated in Buenos Aires.

Teatro Colón

One of the most renowned opera houses in the world, located in Buenos Aires.

Alberto Ginastera (1919-1983)

Argentina’s leading composer of the 20th century.

Catalan and Italian ancestry

The background of composer Alberto Ginastera.

Estancia

A work composed by Alberto Ginastera that tells the story of a young city man who becomes a gaucho.

Malambo dance

A fast-paced, athletic dance of endurance used in Estancia.

Sonata Form

A structure that includes Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation.

Coda

A concluding section of a musical piece, meaning 'tail' in Italian.

Polymeter

The use of two or more meters in a piece of music.

Hemiola

A rhythmic technique that alternates between simple triple and compound duple meter.

Dissonant harmonies

Harmonies that became more prevalent in Ginastera's later works.

Argentine criollo music

A music style that has themes recalled in Ginastera’s Allegro Marcato.

Premiere of Estancia

Estancia premiered at Teatro Colón in 1941.

Traditional tambourines

In embolada, singers typically perform with tambourines.

Duo performance

How embolada is typically presented, involving two singers.

Gaucho

Argentine cowboy with a rich cultural tradition.