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

ANSWER: tango [or Argentine tango; accept nuevo tango; accept Libertango; accept L’histoire du tango]
<FW, Classical Music> | Packet N - Simon Fraser A, Carleton A, Georgia Tech A, Claremont A, Warwick A, Columbia B
= Average correct buzzpoint

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