Mod 4 Flashcards
Which music genre features metallic percussion instruments, often in a non-Western scale, and is found throughout the Indonesian islands?
gamelan
Which term describes a household hire who gives performances of intricate dances and teaches the head of the house and his family/guests the popular dances of the time?
dancing master
What is compound meter?
duple, triple, or quadruple meter with three small pulses within each beat
Which musical technique is popular in the folk drumming of Western Africa?
polyrhythm
Which era saw ballet rise as the utmost in expression of physical movement?
Romantic
The first historical references to dance are from the Baroque era.
false
Which ballet did Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky NOT compose?
not romeo and juliet
Stylized dance suites were meant to be used as dance music for the aristocracy.
false
Which of the following is an art form that finds its expression through bodily movement?
dance
Why was Johann Strauss II known as “The Waltz King”?
because of the large number of waltzes he wrote
What is a sacred dance meant to ward off evil spirits?
Dance of the Skeleton
Watch this video clip, and determine which dance it is, using the music and movements as evidence.
American square dance
The estampie is a quick, triple meter secular dance having origins in which era?
Medieval
What was the first “forbidden dance”?
waltz
Why were audiences shocked and near rioted at the premiere of The Rite of Spring?
the musical dissonance, jarring movement, and asymmetrical meters
