This is the 3-4 day celebration right before Lent. Most important time of the year for Samba schools
What is Carnival
100
Bachianas Brasilieras No. 4 are comprised of these four movements
What are the prelude, chorale, aria, and dansa
100
"We were the first in the United States to play that music, samba, in the context of Jazz. We had a lot of samba music and Stan Getz used to bug me to death trying to get some of those tunes.”
Who Dizzy Gillespie
100
She was Orpheus's wife
Who is Mira
100
This is a Brazilian native religion
What is Umbanda or Candoomble
200
These are hillside shanty towns
What are favellas
200
The Prelude of Bachianas Brasilieras is influenced by this western music composer
Who is Bach
200
Made the important guitar style famous in Brazilian music
Who is Gilberto
200
Eurydice dies here
What is Carnival
200
Black Orpheus uses these key greek characters
Who are Hermes, Cereberus, Hades, Eurydice, and Orpheus
300
Brazil combines these three cultures
What are Portugese, african, and natives
300
Authentic Latin American music came about in this century
What is the 19th century
300
Played for silent movies
Who is Ernesto Nazareth
300
This was the only rule that Orpheus needed to follow to get Eurydice back
What is hear me don;t see me
300
This movie displayed Samba to the world
What is Black Orpheus
400
This type of dance is credited to Brazil
What is Samba
400
The key to Samba dancing is that there are none of these
What are melodic instruments
400
most influential composer in Brazil
Who is Villa-Lobos
400
“Brazil is a democracy in brown” is said by who
What is Henry Louis Gates Jr.
400
This movie displayed samba to the world
What is Black Orpheus
500
These are the different groups that compete at Carnival
What are Samba schools
500
this american style of music was greatly influenced by Samba
What is Jazz
500
Wrote the score for "Black Orpheus"
Who are Bonfa and Jobim
500
This was Orpheus's instrument in the movie
What is a guitar
500
In the greek myth, Orpheus travels here to get Eurydice back, and ultimately fails