Quiz 3 Flashcards
Milonga para una niña
sounds like: crazy good guitar, then voice comes in
artist: Zitarrosa
genre: milonga
instruments: guitars
culture: Argentina
meaning: living in sadness, disappointed in love, will find nothing better than to sing and wonder, take comfort in singing and will forget about love. Tells this girl to leave just as she came, can’t love her with a “heart thats not beating” and can’t give her much.
Por una cabeza
sounds like: says una cabeza first line, slow, sad violin opera singer sound.
artist: Gardel
genre: tango
instruments: orquestra típica (ens)
culture: Argentina
meaning: infatuation about a woman, but she’s lies about loving him and incinerates the love he gives her. Sad and miserable, life without living if she leaves him.
Camorra I
sounds like: jaws, short violin/organ, no singing
artist: Piazzolla
genre: tango
instruments: bandonéon, violin, et.al.
culture: Argentina
meaning: no words
Los sobrevivientes
sounds like: slow piano then kind of high male voices
artist: Serú Girán
genre: rock en español
instruments: various
culture: Argentina
meaning: “We’ll never have a home, yet as you can see we are from here” about feeling like they don’t belong to where they were born or there roots because of society.
Estancia: La doma
sounds like: disney movie, large band, fast intense
artist: Ginastera
genre: classical ballet (malambo)
instruments: orchestra
culture: Argentina
meaning: no words
Harawi
sounds like: ladies high pitch (horrible)
artist: unknown
genre: harawi
instruments: voices
culture: Peru
meaning: “the day of starch” talking about plowing
Adiós pueblo de Ayacucho
sounds like:
artist: unknown
genre: wayno
instruments: guitars, kena
culture: Peru
meaning: leaving town calls it “my little pearl”
Plegaria a un labrador
sounds like: slow guitar, then slow voice comes in
artist: Jara
genre: nueva canción
instruments: guitars
culture: Chile
meaning: talking about a battle/fight references his gun and dying. “reach out to your brother,” “united by blood,” song title: “Prayer to a worker”
El cóndor pasa
sounds like: flue/oboe thing, slow sounds like tribe indian thing. artist: Alomia Robles genre: "Pan-Andean" song instruments: various culture: Peru meaning:
La Tortura
sounds like: Shakira
artist: Shakira
genre: pop song
instruments: various
culture: Columbia
meaning: Torture, “oh love it hurts so bad,” “I know I haven’t been a saint”
Me enamora
sounds like: funky, rock kinda, catchy continuous beat. Says title repetitively.
artist: Juanes
genre: pop song
instruments: various
culture: Columbia
meaning: title: “She seduces me.” “I fell in love” I’m not sure if i deserve you, he can’t help it but the girl is so beautiful and he has feelings for her he can’t hide.
La Perla
sounds like: says puerto rico first line, rap
artist: Calle 13
genre: hip-hop
instruments: various
culture: perto rico
meaning: Talks about town he lives in, how beautiful it is and how lucky he is to live there.
Colorado
sounds like: harp, butterfly
artist: Cardozo
genre: Paraguayan polca
instruments: harp
culture: Paraguay
meaning: no words
