MUS 206 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bossa Nova, Cuban Revolution, Maraca
Latin America
• Over 20 countries
• Iberian heritage
• Called Lati Aeria, eause laguage spoke ere deried fro Lati
• Diversity
o Geographical
o Mestizaje: race/ethnicity
▪ Process of mixing/blending races to create ethnicity
o Languages: Indigenous and roae laguages
Musical Diversity:
• Native, Iberian, and African
o Musical instruments (flutes + rattles, stringed instruments, + drums)
o Latin American instruments (bongos, claves, maracas, etc.)
• Charango – small guitar w/ armadillo shell
• Genres + Dances: Salsa, samba, bossa nova, etc.
Nueva Cancion:
• NOT a genre, instrument, dance
• SONG MOVEMENT found throughout Latin America
• Bega i the s ad s: Argetia, Urugua, Chile
• People stand for their own culture
• Response to oppression (totalitarian gov., social injustice, cultural imperialism)
• El Apareido
Latin American context 1950s-70s:
• Violent upheaval against the backdrop of the Cold War
• Eastern Europe = Communist block Western Europe = Capitalist block
▪ Ter Third World ae about as a battlefield of Cold War
• Cuban Revolution of 1959
o Guerrilla activity in Peru, Bolivia, and Columbia
• Death of Che Guevra
• Spread of guerrilla activity through Central America
Victor Jara (1932-1973):
• Brings in people to affiliate w/ certain political party
• Composer/Musician/Nueva Cancion leader
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• Songs dealt w/ the oppressed
• Supporter of “alador Alledes government
• Assassinated w/ others when Allende fell
• El Apareido (1967)
o Dedicated to Che Guevara
o Lris reflet the turulee of the tie
Inti Illimani:
• Chilean musicians who got Allende elected
• Still exists w/ some original members; Started in late 60s
• 3s ilitar oup I eile util
• Indigenous and modern instruments
• Perform El Apareido
o Time Characteristics
▪ Cueca: dance time/musical genre
• Sesquialtera (polymeter: duple and triple)
o Melody
▪ Major and minor tones; Variants of minor scales
▪ Polyphonic texture
o Timbre/instruments
▪ Kena (flute), Charango (small guitar), Drum, guitar
Language Spoken in South (Peru, Bolivia, etc.) – Quechua
Bolivia
• Indigenous people live in the Andes mountain range
• About 1/3 of Bolivia in the Andes
• K’atu (genre)
o Ceremonial music from Peru-Bolivia altiplano
o Zampona (pan flute)
o On the plateaus of the Andes
o Music following interval of 5th
o People dot all pla the sae elod: Music either in unison w/octave, or in a 5th
o Kallawaga people (traditional people)
o Strong rhythmic character: dance function
o Zampona ensemble and drums, and triangle
▪ Strong beat present
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Document Summary
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