Argentina

Question 1

Gaucho

Answer 1

The image of a noble Argentinian cowboy

Question 2

Buenos Aires

Answer 2

Capital of Argentina

Question 3

Arrabales

Answer 3

Working class

Question 4

Lunfardo

Answer 4

Argentinian dialect

Question 5

Theatre colon

Answer 5

Opera house in Buenos Aires

Question 6

Origin of tango

Answer 6

Mix of Argentina, Cuba, and Germany

Question 7

Tango ensemble

Answer 7

2 bandeneon, 2 violins, piano, double bass

Question 8

Old Guard Tango (1900s)

Answer 8

Elites hated this dance, it was too provocative. Was performed by working class in brothels

Question 9

Tango lyrics

Answer 9

Originally started out very joyful, but now are sad and melancholy, sing about a man needing a woman

Question 10

Start of tango in Paris

Answer 10

1913, Parisians saw this exotic dance and wanted to try it for themselves. Vernon and Irene Castle created a socially acceptable version of tango that became known as ballroom tango.

Question 11

Carlos Gardel

Answer 11

Raised in arrabales, really popular singer and actor

Question 12

Characteristics of tango

Answer 12

Duple meter, syncopated rhythms, man fighting for woman’s affection