FINAL Flashcards
(24 cards)
True or False: Belly dancers were seen as “good advertisement for Arabic Muslim womanhood.”
FALSE
Through the Reda Troupe, there became a strong interest in?
FOLKLORE
Who invented the Tabla Solo Dance?
Nagwa Fu’ad
True or False: The tabla solo dance is usually performed second to last of the dance programs.
TRUE
Which composer incorporated folk, electronic, pop, jazz, funk, latin, and middle east styles?
Emad Sayyah
The Earliest known prototypes of the modern Zheng are from around what year, according to archaeological evidence?
5th Century BC
T or F . The Chinese Zheng is historically related to several other Asian board zither chordophones, including the Japanese koto, the Korean kayagum, the Mongolian jatag, and the Vietnamese dan tranh.
TRUE
What year was first full-fledged zheng curriculum in Chinese music conservatories established?
1950
T or F. The Zheng was not a very important instrument for the Chinese Opera and was often neglected in orchestration for these performances.
FALSE
What Chinese leader created a more “Open china that allowed the arts to be more free and find influences from the west?”
Deng Xiaoping
True or False: 1979 Deng Xiaoping introduces new policy for “open” music throughout china
TRUE
What movie did Tan Dun compose for?
Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon
Tan Dun is considered a?
Best known New-Wave composer
“Music for Muqam” is normally for what instruments?
solo zheng and drum accompaniment
Which song is one of the best-known English-Language Irish Songs?
Song for Ireland
What are the two main contexts in which Traditional Irish Dance Tunes and Medleys were performed?
Ceili (informal social gathering) and Session (musicians playing older trad. tunes)
How are the Uillean Pipes played?
Irish bag pipe; soft dynamic range; played sat down
True or False: The Irish independence war ended in a ceasefire.
TRUE
Which is NOT one of the five main categories that support the core identity of traditional Irish music?
Sean nos Slow instrumental (airs) Songs sung in English Musical trad. of the Irish Harp Instrumental dance tunes and melodies
Western music was considered superior to Chinese music.
TRUE
Throughout Chinese history, music was used solely for _______ purposes.
political purposes
What instrument helped to evolve the zheng when some professionals at the Shanghai Conservatory were forced to switch instruments
piano
The new generation of zheng players were primarily _______.
female
Music and arts in the “New China” were to serve the goal of _________.
expressively serve the goals of the socialist state
