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Question 1

True or false: belly dancers were seen as “good advertisement for Arabic Muslim womanhood”

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Through the Reda Troupe, there became a strong interest in?

Answer 2

Folklore

Question 3

Who invented the tabla solo dance

Answer 3

Nagwa Fu’ad

Question 4

T/F: the tabla solo dance is usually performed second to last

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Which composer incorporated folk, electronic, pop, jazz, funk, Latin, and Middle East styles?

Answer 5

Emmad Sayyah

Question 6

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.

Answer 6

true

Question 7

What year was first full-fledged zheng curriculum in Chinese music conservatories established?

Answer 7

1950

Question 8

The Zheng was not a very important instrument for the Chinese Opera and was often neglected in orchestration for these performances.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

What Chinese leader created a more “Open china that allowed the arts to be more free and find influences from the west?”

Answer 9

Deng Xiaoping

Question 10

1979 Deng Xiaoping introduces new policy for “open” music throughout china

Answer 10

true

Question 11

What movie did Tan Dun compose for?

Answer 11

crouching tiger, hidden dragon

Question 12

Tan Dun is considered a?

Answer 12

New Wave composer

Question 13

14. “Music for Muqam” is normally for what instruments?

Answer 13

solo Zheng and drum accompaniment

Question 14

Which song is one of the best-known English-Language Irish Songs?

Answer 14

songs for Ireland

Question 15

What are the two main contexts in which Traditional Irish Dance Tunes and Medleys were performed?

Answer 15

Ceílí and sessions

Question 16

How are the Uillean Pipes played?

Answer 16

under armpit

Question 17

True or False: The Irish independence war ended in a ceasefire.

Answer 17

true

Question 18

Which is NOT one of the five main categories that support the core identity of traditional Irish music?

Answer 18

Sean nós -(old way), songs sung in Irish Gaelic
-Slow instrumental melodies called airs often performed in free rhythm
- Songs sung in English
- Musical tradition of the Irish Harp
(the harp is the national symbol of Ireland)
- Instrumental dance tunes and melodies

Question 19

Western music was considered superior to Chinese music.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

Throughout Chinese history, music was used solely for _______ purposes.

Answer 20

political

Question 21

What instrument helped to evolve the zheng when some professionals at the Shanghai Conservatory were forced to switch instruments

Answer 21

Piano

Question 22

The new generation of zheng players were primarily _______.

Answer 22

Female

Question 23

Music and arts in the “New China” were to serve the goal of _________.

Answer 23

socialist state