Midterm - Unit 2 - Argentina

Question 1

Tango

Answer 1

bantu word meaning drums or social gatherings

Question 2

Candombe

Answer 2

African-Argentine Dance
succession of 8’s drawn on the floor
No physical contact

Question 3

Europeans brought dances including

Answer 3

the waltz, polka and mazurka.

Question 4

In the Dance Halls there was a mixing of:

Answer 4

– African candombe
– European mazurka
– Habanera
– Milonga
– Early Tangos

Question 5

Gauchos (Ranchers)

Answer 5

– Milonga – combined elements of Cuban habanera with

the polka

Question 6

Compadres (Cowboys)

• 3. Compadritos (City boys who dressed like cowboys – cowboy wannabes)

Answer 6

Added fragments of African-Argentine dances to their own.

Question 7

Ninos Bien (Rich kids)

Answer 7

ook tango to Europe, especially to
Paris.
• Tango was “cleaned up” or made more respectable, and brought back to Argentina.

Question 8

Tango de Salon

Answer 8

Clean version of the tango in paris

Question 9

Lyric Tango

Answer 9

Nostalgia Sadness
-Carlos Gardel was a tango singer that sang in spanish and other languages spoken by lower class gangs

Question 10

New Tango:

Answer 10

• “tense tango/stressful tango”
• Astor Piazzola added a new twist to tango
• Elements of Jazz and classical music
• Played a bondoneon, a square accordian

Question 11

Astor Piazzolla

Answer 11

he most famous musician and composer of music for tense (new) style Tango

Question 12

Carlos Gardel

Answer 12

was a nostalgia sad tango singer that sang in spanish and other languages spoken by lower class gangs

Question 13

bandoneon

Answer 13

is an accordion-like instrument that was brought to Argentina from Italy.

Question 14

Modern Tango: 2 types

Answer 14

• Tango Fantasia or Escenario

- Tango de salon

Question 15

Tango Fantasia or Escenario

Answer 15

Choreographed, stage tango, high kicks

Question 16

Tango de salon

Answer 16

Dance hall tango, no high kicks