Packet N: Tossup 9

This genre is grouped with a waltz and a rag in a movement of Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale. A piece in this genre is based on the eighth-note ostinato “rest, E, (-5[1])F, E, F, E, up to C, A” over chords in a 3+3+2 rhythm. (10[1])A piece for (10[1])flute and guitar beginning with the movements “Bordel, 1900” (10[1])and “Café, 1930” (10[3])is titled for this genre’s “history” (10[1])and is (10[2])by the composer of a suite in this genre whose title references Vivaldi’s Four (10[1])Seasons. (10[4])A precursor of this genre, the milonga, was used for a melancholic (10[1])ballad from the film (10[2])Enrico IV titled “Oblivion.” The “New” type of this dance genre was developed (10[2])by a player (10[1])of the accordion-like (10[1])bandoneón, (10[3]-5[1])who wrote (10[1])a piece (10[1])titled (10[3])for a portmanteau (10[1])of (10[1])it and “liberty.” (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Astor Piazzolla (10[1])composed in what dance genre (10[1])from Argentina and Uruguay? ■END■ (10[4])

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