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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
T/F: the tabla solo dance is usually performed second to last
True
Which composer incorporated folk, electronic, pop, jazz, funk, Latin, and Middle East styles?
Emmad Sayyah
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
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
1979 Deng Xiaoping introduces new policy for “open” music throughout china
true
What movie did Tan Dun compose for?
crouching tiger, hidden dragon
Tan Dun is considered a?
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?
songs for Ireland
What are the two main contexts in which Traditional Irish Dance Tunes and Medleys were performed?
Ceílí and sessions
How are the Uillean Pipes played?
under armpit
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 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
Western music was considered superior to Chinese music.
true
Throughout Chinese history, music was used solely for _______ purposes.
political
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 _________.
socialist state
