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among the first to incorporate creole and African American folk idioms into his compositions
Who is Louis Moreau Gottschalk?
100
Jamaican dance music, mixing African and Caribbean rhythms.
What is reggae?
100
When beats are grouped in three the meter is __________.
What is triple?
100
How is Native American music passed down from generation to generation?
What is oral tradition?
100
the primary instrument of conjunto
What is the button accordion?
200
composer of The Firebird and other ballets, who was born in Russia, but became an American citizen
Who is Stravinsky?
200
An Afro Brazilian dance that is quite fast and jazzy.
What is samba?
200
The emphasis placed on a beat
What is accent?
200
The rumba, mambo, calypso and samba are examples of dances from ____________.
Where is Latin America?
200
In the Lakota Eagle dance, the whistle symbolizes
What is the call of the eagle?
300
founded a modern dance company that translates African-American folk music and jazz into dance forms.
Who is Alvin Ailey?
300
A Latin American dance performed a moderately slow, walk-like tempo.
What is the tango?
300
When beats are grouped in two, the meter is ________________.
What is duple?
300
A dance in triple meter, made famous in Vienna in the 1800s.
What is the waltz?
400
Which African-American composer was the first to have his works performed by a major orchestra?
Who is William Grant Still?
400
is traditional Texas-Mexican dance music influenced by the European polka and waltz.
What is conjunto?
400
A set of instrumental pieces, each in the character of a dance.
What is a suite?
400
_______________ is a style of dance that tells a story. It originated in sixteenth century France.
What is ballet?
400
Strauss' Blue Danube is sometimes delayed or lengthened on which beat?
What is beat three?
500
composer of Symphonic dances from "West Side Story"
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
500
Deliberate shifts of the accent so that it conflicts with the steady pulse and tries to upset the steady pulse
What is syncopation?
500
________ is a Broadway musical loosely based on Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.
What is West Side Story?
500
Where are the accents in the sarabande, bourree and minuet
Minuet - 1, sarabande, 2, bourree 1 and 3
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