Question
Answer the following about the influence of Afro-Cuban dance rhythms on classical composers, for 10 points each.
[10e] This composer’s Cuban Overture was originally titled Rumba and calls for percussion instruments like claves (“KLAH-vays”) and maracas. This American composer also wrote Porgy and Bess.
ANSWER: George Gershwin [or Jacob Gershwine]
[10m] A “Cubana” incorporating guajira and zapateado rhythms is the second movement of this composer’s early Four Spanish Pieces for piano. Later pieces by this composer include his ballet El Amor Brujo.
ANSWER: Manuel de Falla [or Manuel de Falla y Matheu]
[10h] An Afro-Cuban chant performed during the sacrifice of a snake inspired this colorful orchestral piece by Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas whose coda evokes the dropping of a knife.
ANSWER: Sensemayá
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 88% | 38% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
Data
| Brown A | Brandeis A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Brandeis B | Dartmouth B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brandeis B | Dartmouth B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brandeis B | Dartmouth B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brandeis B | Dartmouth B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brandeis B | Dartmouth B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brandeis B | Dartmouth B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brandeis B | Dartmouth B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brandeis B | Dartmouth B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Harvard A | Tufts B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Yale B | Harvard B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |