HMU111 TermsLecture 8 – Music and Migration

Diaspora communities- Community living outside of homeland

Cultural retentions- Cultural practice hardly changed because it continues to serve deep social function

Cultural isolation- Isolated music culture from homeland

Byah ke git- Wedding songs

Klezmer- Music genre associated with Jewish diaspora in North America

Sephardic- Large influential community in Spain

Ashkenazic - Jewish

Yiddish - German-based with Hebrew words

Khazn - Cantor

o Unaccompanied florid and virtuoso style with old modes

Niggunim - Wordless east Hungarian song

Gitanos - Gypsies (aka Roma)- Ethnic and linguistic connections to India

Flamenco- Combination of cante (song), toque (touch), baile (dance)- Influenced by North Africa, Middle East, and India- Elements of Jewish and Arabic music

o Gypsies fled to Andaluzian mountains

Cante - Wild fierce expressions of pain- Rough vocal tone

Toque - Bright sound, less sustained- Voice and guitar interact in close dialogue

Baile- Expression in song movements of singer- Improvisation plays large role- Body proudly erect

Jaleo- Encouraging shouts from the audience

Palillos- Finger snapping

Palmas- Hand clapping

Nueva flamenco- Syncretism: flamenco with popular music forms from North Africa, Latin America, and

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