West Side Story
What were the names of the two gangs?
The Jets and the Sharks
What is a style of classical dance that emerged in France during the 1500's?
Ballet
What is a set of instrumental pieces each in the character of a dance?
Suite
A Latin-American dance performed at a moderately slow, walk-like tempo in a 4 meter
Tango
True or False:
Native-Americans have people whose job it is to write new music to create nice-sounding art
False
Music is sacred and inspiration comes through dreams or visions
West Side Story is a modern retelling of what famous story?
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
What style of dance emerged around 1900 as a response to ballet, moving away from the strict traditional style of ballet dancing?
Modern Dance
What is a rather slow and charming old French dance in triple meter?
Minuet
A popular musical style mixing African and Caribbean rhythms created by Jamaican musicians
Reggae
Of the three Latin-American dances we looked at (Tango, Samba, and Reggae) which does not have a uniform set of steps and moves?
Reggae
Who wrote the music for West Side Story?
Leonard Bernstein
Why are ballets typically made up of many separate "scenes" of dances?
The dances are very physically strenuous and the dancers cannot dance in this style for very long periods of time
What is a dance in a triple meter that is a style of music and a dance style?
Waltz
An Afro-Brazillian dance that is faster and jazzier than the tango
Samba
What is the main instrument of conjunto music?
Accordion
Who took over the Jets after Riff died?
Ice
Name 2 of the 3 Stravinsky ballets mentioned in class
1. The Firebird
2. Petrouchka
3. The Rite of Spring
How were minuets included in Baroque classical music in their sonatas?
As a lighthearted third movement with a triple feel
Conjunto music is a mix between which two types of cultural music?
Polka and Mariachi
What composer wrote using African-American folk songs and wrote Afro-American Symphony?
William Grant Still
What was the name of the dance they all danced in the gym? (They shouted the name back and forth during the dance)
Mambo
What made the first showing of The Rite of Spring special?
There were riots in response to the "innovative" and "revolutionary" music and dance
What did the instrumental music of the suite show Baroque composers about the possibilities of instrumental music?
Instrumental music could be expressive and portray feels just like vocal music
Around what time did Latin-American dance music become famous in America?
1930's and 40's
What type of dance began as a mix of African slave dances and Irish clogging?
Tap Dance