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WSC Curriculum Regional/Global Round Kit Amalia 2024 > Here We Went Again > Flashcards

Here We Went Again Flashcards

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Oriental Riff

What is the oriental riff?

What is it and idea

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  • Also known as the East Asian riff or the Chinaman lick
  • A Western creation used to represent East or Southeast Asian stereotypes, often accompanied by a gong at the end
  • It often accompanies animated stereotypes of East Asians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jZCSC5LU-I

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Arabian Riff

What is the Arabian riff?

History and alternate names

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  • The Streets of Cairo
  • The Poor Little Country Maid
  • The Snake Charmer Song
  • Well-known melody published in many forms in the nineteenth century
  • Often associated with the hoochie coochie belly dance
  • Uncopyrighted so many have published the piece
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Hijaz Scale

What is the Hijaz scale?

Where is it used and what is it

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  • Also known as the Phrygian dominant scale
  • Fifth mode of the harmonic minor scale
  • Used across the Middle East in traditional music, as well as in Balkan, eastern European, Central Asian and flamenco music
  • Used in Hebrew prayers and Klezmer music
  • Common in Arabic and Egyptian music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9iWCtQoE8

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Andalusian cadence

What is the Andalusian cadence?

What is it and what are the origins

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  • Term adopted from flamenco music for a chord progression
  • With respect to the Phrygian mode
  • Minor descending tetrachord
  • Not a true cadence
  • Popular melodic pattern of Ancient Greece is an origin of the Andalusian cadence
  • This chord progression known today, however, may not have occurred earlier than the Renaissance
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Tarantella Napoletana

What is the tarantella napoletana?

Where is it from and what is it

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  • The tarantella associated with Naples
  • Seen by North Americans as a quintessentially Italian musical riff or melody
  • Adapted into the 1950 song Lucky, Lucky, Lucky Me written by BUddy Arnold and Milton Berle
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Jarabe Tapatio

What is Jarabe tapatio?

Where did it come from and what is it

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  • Often refered to as the Mexican hat dance
  • Music that accompanies the national dance of Mexico
  • Elements can be traced back to teh Spanish zambra
  • Traditionally the dance represents the courtship of a man and a woman, with the woman first rejecting the man’s advances, then accepting them
  • Lost controversial status and is now a representative of Mexico
  • Now commonly performed by mariachi music
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Yodeling

What is yodeling?

Background and what is it

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  • Form of singing which involves rapid and repeated pitch changes
  • Alpine yodeling was a longtime ritual in rural Europe
  • Tranvelling minstrels were yodeling in the 19th century
  • Started in the Central Alps by herders calling stock or communicating between Alpine villages
  • Also found in the Solomon Islands, Hawaii, Madagascar, the US, Romania, Bulgaria and Africa
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Into Bondage Article

What is Into Bondage?

Artist, depiction and presentation

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  • Depiction of enslaved Africans in chans heading onto slave ships
  • However, there are still symbols of hope, such as a woman with raised hands and a man standing strong looking at a lone start shining bright
  • Done by Aaron Douglas who was commissioned to create a series of murals for the Centennial Exposition in Dallas
  • In the entrance lobby of the Hall of Negro Life, his 4 paintings showed the journey of African Americans through slavery to the present
  • Douglas was considered a leader of the Harlem Renaissance
  • The Hall of Negro Life opened on a holiday celebrating the end of slavery
  • Only two paintings, Into Bondage and Aspiration remain of the original 4 murals by Douglas
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Llyn-y-Cau Article

What is Llyn-y-Cau, Cader Idris?

Artist and what it depicts

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  • Richard Wilson
  • Shows the lake of Llyn-y-Cau on the Cader Idris mountain in North Wales
  • Was previously thought to be raw and disorderly, but even though he changed some things to create a more simplified and balanced composition, he still inspired others to depict such raw scenery
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The Oxbow Article

What is The Oxbow?

Full name, artist, history, depiction

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  • View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm
  • Thomas Cole
  • Inspired by Cole’s trip to Europe, where he made an exact tracing of the view published in Basil Hall’s Forty Etchings Made with the Camera Lucida in North America
  • Hall criticized American’s inattentiveness to their scenery
  • Cole responded with this artwork, which shows a beautiful scenery tied with a pastoral landscape, showing the potential of America, and he is even in the painting, drawing the scene in front of him
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The Fighting Temeraire Article

What is The Fighting Temeraire

Artist and depiction

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  • Joseph Mallord William Turner
  • Depicts a smaller fighting vessel approaching a larger, more decorated vessel
  • It takes place at sunset
  • Very faded view of a port (?) at the side
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Si Vas Para Chile

What is Si Vas Para Chile?

Artist and content

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  • Waltz composed by Chilean musician Chito Faro
  • Performed by many artists, including Huasos Quincheros and Los Cuatro Cuartos
  • A conversation between a Chilean living abroad and a person going to visit Chile
  • The Chilean asks the other person to visit his love, and gives the person all instructions how to get there
  • The translation of the title means “If you go to Chile”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb5mercnimQ

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Kalinka

What is Kalinka (Калинка)?

Origins, fame, content

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  • Folk-style song written by Ivan Larionov
  • First performed in Saratov as part of a theatrical entertainment that he had composed
  • Refers to the snowball tree, with light-hearted lyrics, and change in tempo
  • Considered by many to be the most famous Russian song
  • Found in my different films were Russians are present
  • Also used in the 1988 version of Teris, but labelled Karinka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8m2BYv02Nw

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My Little Town of Belz Article

What is My Little Town of Belz?

Who did it, content, background

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  • Alexander Olshanetsky & Jacob Jacobs
  • Mein Shtetle Belz
  • Expresses the longing for Jewsh life in Bâlti, Bessarbia
  • Written for the play Ghetto Song in Yiddish, as a tribute to the famous singer Isa Kremer, who was likely the first to perform it
  • Isa Kremer was born in Balti but moved to Odessa, then to Italy, then to Odessa again, apeearing in operas accross Russia
  • After the cultural revolution she fled to Poland, traveled across Europe, then arrived in the US, performing worldwide, and passed away in Argentina, never returning home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8J22IGVh8M

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The Isle of Innisfree

What is The Isle of Innisfree?

Who did it, content, background

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  • Irish song composed by Dick Farrelly
  • Became a worldwide hit for Bing Crosby
  • Innisfree represents Ireland
  • A haunting melody with lyrics expressing the longing of an Irish emigrant for his native land
  • Considered one of the top Irish songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE66t5rrxd0

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Hello Vietnam

What is Hello/Bonjour Vietnam?

Artist, content, background

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  • Written by Marc Lavoine and recorded by Vietnamese-Belgian singer Quynh Anh
  • Lavoine was touched by the story of a small girl who never saw her homeland, so he wrote the song as a gift for her
  • Recieved favorable acclaim from Vietnamese communities
  • Translated into English as well by Guy Balbaert
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Them Mushrooms

What is Them Mushrooms?

Who are they and what they are famous for

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  • Kenyan band
  • Playing Chakacha, Benga and reggae songs
  • Mainly do covers of previous hit songs
  • Current band members are Teddy Kalanda, Henry Ndenge Saha and Ben Mutwiwa
  • Originally was made up of the Harrison brothers
  • Also called Avenida Success and Uyoga at some points in time
  • Most famous for their Swahili song Jambo Bwana (Hello Mister)
  • Seen as East Africa’s premier band
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Embe Dodo

What is Embe Dodo?

Artist and what it is

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  • Them Mushrooms
  • Popular Zilizopendwa song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXLUeQ5DfDI

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Toscanini Article

What is Toscanini and the myth of textual fidelity?

Who wrote the article and main points in the article

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  • Linda B. Fairtile
  • About how there is a myth that has long existed about the conductor Arturo Toscanini that he always performed a score exactly how the composer intended it to be played, full textual fidelity
  • However, there is now quite a bit of evidence to show that this was not fully true
  • When performing Giuseppe Verdi’s Quattro pezzi sacri, there was an added ralletando
  • Olin Downes observed that that breaks the textual fidelity myth, as though a ralletando comes naturally in the music, it is not in the score
  • Toscanini rarely discussed his musical philosophy publicly and relied on spokespeople of questionable credibility
  • The myth started with the roots that Toscanini tried to bring a higher standard to music through giving the score final authority
  • When directing the NBC Symphony, Toscanini brought textual fidelity to music education
  • Most people who heard him on NBC Symphony fully believed the textual fidelity myth
  • Through examining the annotations on his works, we can see how Toscanini modified pieces, many which do not support the textual fidelity myth
  • One of these works is Beethoven’s ninth symphony, which had quite a few minor and mid adjustments, as well as a few different variations
  • Though he did actually edit some pieces quite a bit, he kept true to the sounds of the piece, taking on an often quick tempo, and keeping the pieces very clear

Article that if time permits requires further research

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Star Wars Article

Why are people remaking the original Star Wars movies?

Reasons for this, methods

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  • Star Wars got seven Academy Awards in 1978, but it’s impossible to buy an offical copy of Star Wars as it was first released
  • George Lucas kept making new versions with CGI, changed sound effects, and entirely new scenes
  • According to some, the elements which made the movie successful were changed in the new versions
  • So, many fans on online forums are decpecializing by sharing resources from a handful of different versions from VHS to DVD to 35 mm print scans and reassembling the movie using photography and animation software
  • One such example of a despcecializer goes by the name Harmy
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Star Wars Article 2

What are some criticims the Star Wars edits?

Different arguments and people who argued, problems

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  • George Lucas said that coloring black and white films would destroy film heritage, but. nine years later, he re-released his most beloved trilogy
  • Stars Wars was went on Blu-Ray in a special edition form, rather than the classic edition
  • This features many awkward edits and adds even more egregious acts of self-mutilation
  • Lucas claims that films are never finished, just abandoned, so a hundred years from now, only the new version will be remembered
  • Blu-Ray didn’t even include the weak transfers of the originals, saying that remastering for HD is very expensive
  • Alexandre Philippe directed The People vs George Lucas
  • He said Lucas had no intention of letting the old versions exist, that Lucas made excuses like the newer version was actually the original idea, but that he couldn’t just do it yet
  • Goes against what he said about coloring black-and-white classics, meaning the films belong to the audience in their original form
  • However, fans will still love the saga, even if it includes many bad edits
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Ghibli Article

Why does Laputa: Castle in the Sky have two official soundtracks?

Who did it, what is the story behind it

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  • Joe Hisaishi made two “official” scores, in Japanese and English
  • Studio Ghibli sold part of the rights of their entire catalog to Disney, allowing them to reproduce English dubs and release them in America
  • Disney would not be allowed to change any part of the source material, but dubbing and slight music changes were allowed
  • Kiki’s Delivery Service was the first to be released, with ad-lib-ed dialog, some extra music and American music
  • Was an instant hit, and Castle in the Sky (Laputa dropped for being an offensive Spanish word) was announced
  • After Kiki’s Delivery Service was successful, they thought Castle in the Sky could be a box office hit, but the score was done with a synthesizer, unlike the lavish orchestra which was common
  • They then asked Joe Hisaishi to re-record the score for a modern audience, but after it was finaly delivered, plans to release Castle in the Sky had changed
  • Princess Monohoke was released instead, but it bombed so badly that Castle in the Sky was delayed
  • Finally, John Lasseter convinced more Ghibli movies to be released including Castle in the Sky
  • The dub was met with mixed reception, so the revised score was only available for those who watched the movie in English
  • Miyazaki rethought the dubs, so then the original scores for some of the films were restored once the contracts were renewed
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Lute

What is the renaissance lute?

Basics

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  • Arnold Dolmetsch pioneered the revival of the lute in the 20th century
  • Many professionals in Europe now play the instrument, and performances are not uncommon
  • Renaissance lutes specifically are used for playing renaissance-style music
  • The renaissance lute has often 4-6 courses, or even more
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Edge of Town Article

What is Edge of Town (Krumau Town Crescent III)?

Depiction and artist

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  • Egon Schiele
  • Known for incorporating darker topics such as death
  • Shows a mismatched town in darker colors
  • A collection of trees (a park?) stands nearby
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Vaudoo Article

What is Vaudou music?

Musician, background, what it is, music

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  • Peter Solo is part of the group Vaudou Game
  • Lives in Lyon, apparently a quiet place to be an aritst
  • He is a Togolese artist from Aneho, Glidji, and his father was Christian, but his mother was Vaudou, and that was his culture
  • Vaudou is the consultation of nature, and the being seen as god, and music is what makes adepts go into trance
  • Vaudou is very connected with music, as well as with culture, and Solo plays Vaudou funk, mixed with trance
  • Funk came out of style in Africa because of the spread of more modern music, but then he came to France and wanted to spread his culture but also do something modern
  • Vaudou Game is about speaking with nature, speaking with a message
  • Vaudou is about connecting with nature, is a philosophy, not a religion
  • Vaudou music is not the songs for the spirits, it’s using the specific harmonies and sounds found in this music
  • The people that are part of the band are people with soul, people who also love African music
  • It had to be done outside of Togo for it to people popular, but it is gradually coming back home
  • One of their songs in Pas Contente
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Charles Dibdin Article

Who was Charles Dibdin?

Who he was, career

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  • Britain’s first pop star
  • Very prolific and famous figure, performing and writing operas, comosing over a thousand songs, toured shows around the country, and opened his own theare
  • Wrote novels and a five-volume history of theatre, and wrote a four volume autobiography
  • David Chandler, professor of english literature at Doshida University in Kyoto became faschinated by Dibdin after finding his name in newspapers
  • Dibdin had a rather tempestous nature, falling out with many including David Garrick
  • He had to work on his own for being unlikeable, so set up The Table Entertainments, including one titled The Wags
  • His writing was comedic, and the narraties were compelling, like The Margate Hoy, where he plays 10 characters at once
  • His characters had wide appeal which is what made him so popular, he also started stand-up comedy as well
  • He pioneered merchandise, selling sheet music and books
  • His operas were very popular throughout the 19th century, including two operas The Waterman and The Quaker
  • Originals are hard to revive since few scores survived
  • Tom Bowling is still heard, however, Dibdin faded into obscurity, and after 80 years after his death, he faded from memory
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Originality Article

What is constitutional originalism?

What it is

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  • Originalism is a theory of the interpretation of legal texts
  • Originalists believe that the constitutional text ought to be given the original public meanin gthat it woul dhave had at the time that it became law
  • It can be inferred from previous events as well as other sources
  • Contrasted with Living Constitutionalism, believing that the meaning changes over time
  • Such a clash includes the belief regarding racism
  • Living constitutionalists believe that the idea of racism in the constitution changed over time, but originalists believe that it was unconstitutional from the beginning
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Originality Article

What are the ten purposes of the constitution that support originalist thinking?

Main 10 purposes

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  • Set up or constitute the institutions of the national government; meant to slow decisions and create more of a framework
  • Divide and allocate power
  • Serve as a gag rule
  • Restrain the passions of the moment
  • A framework for private ordering; leaves people a lot of room to make their own choices
  • A system of intergeneration lawmaking; citizens gain power to make more certain arrangements in the future
  • Promote the rule of law
  • Promote democracy
  • Certainty from getting things in writing
  • Lead to good consequences; establishing Justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defense and securing the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity

WSC Curriculum Regional/Global Round Kit Amalia 2024 (17 decks)

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