Cuban actor and musician Desi Arnaz
1a. At 4:41 what music did Cuban composers create to express their national identity? Describe the music and what it fused together.
1b. At 7:40 what was the first Cuban music recorded on phonographic cylinders in 1909 was known as?
1c. At 8:51 what is the name of the guitar that played the Cuban style of Son Cubano?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWqvbY3XBuI&t=152s (Links to an external site.)
Tres guitar player explains Son Cubano (Links to an external site.)
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2. After watching the first minute or so of the two videos below, what is the basic difference between the Rumba and the Mambo?
Rumba (box step) (Links to an external site.)
Mambo (side step) (Links to an external site.)
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3. How did the Cuban actor and musician Desi Arnaz help the world via television come to eventually realize that América Latina está en todas partes (Latin America is everywhere)?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi_Arnaz (Links to an external site.)
https://youtu.be/ZfLldf0T3To (Links to an external site.)
Dezi Arnaz cue 3:20 conga (Links to an external site.)
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4a. What kind of Latin American elements does Cuban-born Camila Cabello integrate into her videos and songs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFPkd-7AcDM (Links to an external site.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ0mxQXmLsk (Links to an external site.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkh8UtuejGw (Links to an external site.)
4b. How does her lead role in the 2021 film Cinderella prove the point that América Latina está en todas partes (Latin America is everywhere)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1NeHRuPpoM (Links to an external site.)
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5. How does seeing and hearing the Cuban cha-cha-cha throughout a 2019 skit on Saturday Night Live further prove the point that América Latina está en todas partes (Latin America is everywhere)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC6xjO1JoR8 (Links to an external site.)
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6. How does seeing and hearing a 2020 pandemic virtual Cuban-style charanga (music ensemble) at University of North Carolina further prove the point that América Latina está en todas partes (Latin America is everywhere)?
https://music.unc.edu/undergraduate/ensembles/charanga/ (Links to an external site.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcZEeS8cUF4 (Links to an external site.)