Quiz 3

Bollywood

East Meets West

Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) – innovative choreographer and sitar virtuoso

John Coltrane, Nora Jones, Anoushka, George Harrison

Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever (1966)

Bollywood = Mumbai film industry, Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Filmi =sentimental songs and dance songs

Playback Singers = “voiceover” vocalists

Zakir Hussain

Born March 9, 1951

Indian Tabla Virtuoso

Son of a well-known tabla player – Ustad Alla Rakha

Worked with Ravi Shankar and George Harrison

Soundtrack of “A Passage to India”

Planet Drum Album with Mickey Hart

Attended International Jazz Day 2016 at the White House

North American Tour

Plays sitting on the ground with another person

 Classical Indian music

Blends classical with modern music

Globalized Indian classical music

Expand tabla's reach

Bridging culture gaps

Mystery Music: AR Rahman Chaiyya Chaiyya (1998)

Bollywood Review

Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) – innovative choreographer and sitar virtuoso

Bollywood = Mumbai film industry, Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Filmi =sentimental songs and dance songs

Playback Singers = “voiceover” vocalists

Bollywood, Part Deux: Chaiyya Chaiyya

Song of the Untouchable

Middle Eastern Pop

Towards the Middle East

Rai = Algerian folk music that evolved into 1980s pop style

Googoosh and Gharib eh Ashena

Presentations: Areli and Benjamin

Umm Kulthum and Inta Omri

Asian Pop (Blessing) and K-Pop (Marissa and Chase) Meetings

(Extra Trans-Africa Quizzes)

Googoosh

Faegheh Atashin (1951 - )

Iranian singer and actress who remained in Tehran after the Iranian Revolution and did not perform again

during that period due to the ban on female singers. She was widely emulated by Iranian women.

Gharib eh Ashena

Umm Kulthum

(1904 - 1975)

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress,

considered a national icon, dubbed "The voice of Egypt”

(percussion instruments: dombek and riqq)

Today’s Summary

AR Rahman Chaiyya Chaiyya

Bhangra = Indian dance music that emphasizes percussion,

socially-conscious lyrics, and distinctive beat

Rai = Algerian folk music that evolved into 1980s pop style

Googoosh and Gharib eh Ashena

Mystery Music: Googoosh Gharib eh Ashena (1972)

Review

Darbouka and Riqq = Middle Eastern drums

Bhangra= Indian dance music that emphasizes percussion, socially-conscious

lyrics, and distinctive beat

Rai = Algerian folk music that evolved into 1980s pop style

Umm Kulthum = Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress

Asian Pop

Today’s Outline

Enka = Japanese 20th Century nostalgic pop

Hibari Misora and Kanashii Sake

The Pentatonic Scale:

You Too Can Play Japanese Music!

Karaoke = Japanese audience participatory

instrumental soundtrack culture

Hibari Misora

(1937 – 1989)

Japanese singer, actress, and cultural icon

1989 -2001 - 80 million records sold

Kanashii Sake

Enka, pentatonic scale, kobushi

Mystery Music: Hibari Misora Kanashii Sake (1989)

Review

Karaoke = Japanese audience participatory

instrumental soundtrack culture

Enka = Japanese 20th Century nostalgic pop

pentatonic scale = five-note scale used by many musical cultures

kobushi = vocal melisma (vs. “vibrato”) used in Japanese pop

J-Pop (1980s - ): Karaoke influences, Japanese anime soundtracks, Asian markets

Today’s Summary

Karaoke = Japanese audience participatory

instrumental soundtrack culture

Enka = Japanese 20th Century nostalgic pop

K Pop

Today’s Outline

K-Pop

K-Pop (1990s - ) = South Korean style of music, dance, and imagery

Idol Culture = systematically managed K-Pop artists and fan bases

Today’s Summary

Mandopop = first Chinese style to establish a viable international industry

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K-Pop = 2000s South Korean style of music, dance, and imagery

Idol Culture = systematically managed K-Pop artists and fan bases

Mystery Music: Riize Get a Guitar (2023)

Review.

K-Pop = South Korean style of music, dance, and imagery

dating from the 1990s

Idol Culture = systematically managed K-Pop artists and fan bases

Chinese Rock

Today’s Outline

From Mandopop to Chinese Rock

Mandopop = originally Mandarin language pop from the 1930s,

the first Chinese style to establish a viable international industry

Teresa Teng = the Taiwan’s first cross-cultural singing star

The Cultural Revolution = (1966-1976)

cultural history and outside influences controlled in China

Tiananmen Square = (1989) student pro-democracy protest.

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Cui Jian = one of the earliest Chinese rock stars

Yuanshengtai = Southwestern rural folk-influenced “natural style of music”

Teresa Teng

(1953 – 1995)

Chinese singer who combined Eastern and Western styles,

supplanting revolutionary songs with the foundations of modern pop music

Hé Rì Jūn Zài Lái (“When Will You Return?” 1978)

“you”/”gentleman” vs. “army”: What’s so controversial?

Cui Jian

(1961 - )

After creating anthem for the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement…

the rock star undergoes “political rehabilitation.”

Nothing to My Name (1986)

Today’s Summary

Shanren  Drinking Song

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The Cultural Revolution = (1966-1976)

Historical culture and outside influences controlled in China,

Tiananmen Square = (1989)

student pro-democracy protest.

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Cui Jian = one of the earliest Chinese rock stars

Yuanshengtai = Southwestern rural folk-influenced

“natural style of music”