Mapeh Reviewer
Mapeh Reviewer
Karlheinz Stockhausen – one of the most - John Cage died at the age of 80 on
prominent German composers of the 20th August 12, 1992 in New York City.
century. He made groundbreaking work in
the field of electronic music.
Latin American Music
- Gesang der Jünglinge (Song of the The influences of Spain and Portugal
Youth) – is considered one of the manifested in the sacred and secular music
masterpieces of electronic music. of Latin American countries that they
colonized.
Edgard Varèse – is called the Father of
Electronic Music. His music considered by Cumbia
the uninitiated as” amusical”, but for him,
- Is known to have originated from
music is an organized sound. He was both
Columbia in the 1880s.
admired and rejected.
- Cumbia music is made of flutes
- Poème électronique – Varèse (gaitas), maracas, claves and drums.
composed in 1958 for the Philips - Cumbia dance has a “windup”
Pavilion at the World Fair. motion as its basic character and is
performed in a circular motion.
- Sleepy leg – is often used as part of Bossa Nova
a Zumba dance fitness routine,
- Roughly translated, means “new
which originally was created by
beat”.
Alberto Perez, a Columbian himself.
- Bossa nova originated in Brazil during
Tango the 1950s.
- The word “bossa” means either
- Originated from Argentina
‘trend’ or something charming,
- Is an interpretative, sensitive, and
integrating melody, harmony, and
improvisational social dance that
rhythm into a
allows its dancers to connect
- “swaying” feel, where the vocal
themselves to the music, their
production is often nasal.
partners, and their surroundings.
- “Chega de Saudade” – a
Two basic types of tango… composition is said to be the first
bossa nova music recording by
- Salon tango – done in big places as Antônio Carlos Jobim.
its movement would require. - “Girl from Ipanema” - one of the
- Milonguero tango – an intimately most popular among songs in bossa
danced version performed in small nova music genre was also
places such as cafes and crowded composed by Jobim.
dance floors
Reggae
Cha-cha
- Originated from Jamaica in the
- Is a ballroom style dance that 1960s and is one of today’s popular
originated from Cuba. music genres.
- Its music is said to have originated - Reggae is performed by drums
from composer Enrique Jorrín in the doing a heavy rhythm pattern, bass
1950s. guitar, electric guitar, and scraper.
- Cha-cha music is characterized by a - Bob Marley – Jamaican composer
strong downbeat with lesser and song writer achieved
syncopation, which became international fame with his reggae
popular with dancers during that music.
time.
Foxtrot
Rumba
- A dance originated from New York in
- Began in the second half of the 19th the United States.
century, when Afro-Cuban workers in - Introduced by Harry Fox.
Havana and Matanzas in Cuba - Foxtrot was introduced by Harry Fox,
began to develop a new style that who was doing trotting
we now refer to as rumba. - steps set to ragtime music and the
- Rumba is said to have originated as audience from then referred
sex pantomime; exaggerated and - to his performance as “Fox’s Trot”.
aggressive hip and body - Foxtrot is a smooth dance with long
movements of the male dancer walking movements.
became integrated into it. - The Foxtrot started in 1910 and
reached full popularity in the 1930s.
Paso Doble Social Realism (1929-h1950s)
- Spanish term that means “double - Is often associated with American art
step” during the Depression era.
- It is a theatrical Spanish dance used - One can see in Social Realist
by the Spaniards artworks commentaries on political,
- in bullfights. economic, and social conditions
during the Depression Era.
De Stijl (1917-1931)
Surrealism Artist
- “The Style”
- Which was founded by Dutch artists Salvador Dali – was a famous surrealist. He
in Amsterdam, characterized the was known not only for his artworks but also
simple and direct approach to art. for his flamboyant and gaudy personality.
- Influenced by Cubism, artists in this
- The Persistence of Memory (1931) – is
movement worked primarily using
a painting with time as its theme. The
abstraction in investigating the laws
landscape is imitated from
of equilibrium observed in both art
hometown of Dali – Catalonia. The
and life.
melting clocks indicate the universal
law of time.
Yves Tanguy – his paintings have unique,
immediately recognizable style of
nonrepresentational surrealism. They show
vast, abstract landscapes, most in a tightly the Role of Social Media and
limited palette of colors, only occasionally Technology in Promoting Fitness
showing flashes of contrasting color
accents. and Physical Activity.
Theo Van Doesburg – was best known as the - One popular trend in the field of
founder and leader of De Stijl. physical fitness is 24-hour gyms. These
gyms have become successful
Jacob Johannes Pieter – was a Dutch because they can operate for long
Architect. His fame began as a follower of hours than traditional gyms.
the De Stijl movement.
Fitness Apps 5. The spread of fake news in social
media.
- More and more people are using
fitness apps to monitor their Fake news is dangerous. Social media can
exercised and dietary or nutrition spread wrong information about physical
behavior. Personal health coaches fitness.
use these apps in developing
customized fitness programs for their Ways on How to Lessen the Negative
clients. Effects
- Every health aficionado could be his
or her own coach using gadgets 1. Lessen your TV channels.
equipped with apps. 2. Set a schedule.
Treadmill 3. Download a fitness app.