MUS 337 Final Exam Spring 2023
Adaptation of European violin and dance music, that helped rally Mayas to rebellion
Mayapax
"Últimas Variaciones para Piano" represents Mexico's:
desire to emulate fashionable European-style music.
ability to create music on par with other parts of the world...
MUS 337 Final Exam Spring 2023
Adaptation of European violin and dance music, that helped rally Mayas to rebellion
Mayapax
"Últimas Variaciones para Piano" represents Mexico's:
desire to emulate fashionable European-style music.
ability to create music on par with other parts of the world.
stratification of social and economic classes.
One of the primary reasons the Cruzoobs utlized idigenous Mayan rituals and music in their fight against the Yucatecos was:
to symbolize who they were and create a sense of identity different from the people who
were of European descent.
"Aires Fandango" is an example of Mayapax music.
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"Himno Nacional" is important as a symbol in Mexico's construction of nationhood.
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Ballads narrating stories that became popular during the Mexican Revolution
Corridos
Guitar-like instrument with six double courses associated with conjuntos norteños
Bajo sexto
Contemporary topics of corridos include:
U.S. immigration
Mexican work ethic
Drug trafficking
Los Tigres del Norte use doble sentido (double meaning) in their lyrics in order to
"cover their tracks" when talking about sensitive information, a common tactic in songwriting throughout time and history.
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To be successful, corridos should tell a true story, almost like a musical newspaper.
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Soundtracks of golden-era films in Mexico helped create iconic cultural heros, such as the singing cowboy, and promoted musical forms like the:
Canción ranchera
Mexican bolero
Corrido In the 1930s, radio personality ____________________, composed many romantic songs of international fame, and captured the hearts of Mexican listeners, especially housewives, in their homes.
Agustin Lara
Singer-actor who became the idealized representative of the handsome, heroic rancher.
Jorge Negrete
The 19th-century Cuban dance form that later developed in Mexico.
Bolero
Danzón
The most popular genre of Mexican film, which took its cues from revistas, zarzuelas, and comedias teatrales.
Comedia Ranchera
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández is regarded by many as the greatest of the Mexican cinema directors of the golden era.
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Silent films in Mexico began in the mid- to late-1920s.
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This song, released in 1974 by Los Tigres del Norte, came to define the narcocorrido genre and earned the band fame on both sides of Mexico-U.S. border.
Contrabando y traición
Identify the popular musical genre that is NOT typically identified with wedding celebrations in Mexico.
Jácara
This musical movement took off in the 1970s and reflected the acceptance of the cumbia as the ultimate Latin dance rhythm.
La onda grupera
The song "El triste," sung by José José, exemplifies the polished balada song style popular in the 1970s.
T
The cuatro is a guitar-like instrument with six double courses mostly associated with conjuntos norteños
F
Conjunto and banda may be considered two major fundamental styles in Mexican
popular music.
T
Modern popular styles built around the cumbia dance rhythm, include quebradita and the techno genre known as tribal.
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Silvestre Rivueltas
Represented post-revolutionary sentiment in music drawing upon urban and popular musics
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