1. Johann Strauss II and Paraguayan Music IB Music HL Year One Period 5 By: Kimberly May A. Hernandez

2. Paraguay Demographics Population:6,459,058 (2011) Ethnicities: 74.5% mestizo, 20% white, 3.5% African American, 1.5% native Religion: Majority Roman Catholicism Area: 406,752 sq km Region: Lowlands west of Paraguay River; Hills and mountains east of Paraguayan River Capital: Asunción

3. Paraguayan Music Paraguayan Polka - Different genres evolved from Paraguayan Polka  Guarania  Polca Canción  Galopa

4. Common Paraguayan Instruments Paraguayan Harp Guitar

5. Pájaro Campana Song link: http://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=8UR X8PjWft8

6. Johann Strauss II Lived during the Romantic Era Born on October 25, 1825 in Vienna Known as the "Waltz King" Married Henriette “Jetty” Treffz on August 1862 Died on June 3, 1899

7. Pizzicato Polka Song Link: http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=YM7Hxr bf5nw&feature=related

8. Paraguayan Polka and Pizzicato Polka Similarities: Both genres use binary rhythms Both use string instruments Melody dominant feature Both start off soft and slow then becomes louder Differences: Paraguayan polka also uses ternary rhythms Pizzicato Polka used in ternary form

9. Works Cited Paraguayan Demographics: http://www.indexmundi.com/paraguay/demographics_profile.html http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/ajb/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Demographics_of_Paraguay.html http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/py.htm http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107879.html http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Paraguay Paraguay Polka Music: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93570364 http://www.mapsofworld.com/paraguay/culture/music.html http://www.bluecaps.com.py/en/content/music-paraguay http://www.paraguayanharps.com/history.html http://www.projectparaguay.com/music.htm http://paraguaytierradelagua.com/musicarte-en.html http://folk.lncgroup.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19%3Aparaguay&catid=7%3Alocal- dances&Itemid=15&showall=1 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=guarania&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1280&bih=738&tbm=isch&tbnid=m beXRdqkDmfbMM:&imgrefurl=http://www.musicadelparaguay.com/2009/10/danza-paraguaya.html&docid=SJQng1lCSTN- ZM&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2- oaSD1dAmQ/TH5g3o0SBbI/AAAAAAAAB3c/d6IX8yVAPLw/s1600/DANZA%252BPARAGUAYA%252B04.jpg&w=667&h=500& ei=VaDUTo- mB6GWiALn9OXEDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=373&vpy=156&dur=1819&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=139&ty=95&sig=117295549 128823700633&page=2&tbnh=162&tbnw=216&start=27&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:27 http://www.projectparaguay.com/dance.htm http://www.paraguayanharps.com/harps.html Pajaro Campana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8URX8PjWft8 http://www.scribd.com/doc/23475544/Pajaro-Campana-Partitura

10. Works Cited Continued Johann Strauss II: http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/straussj.php http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/3411.html#tvf=tracks&tv=about http://bobjanuary.com/johann2.htm Pizzicato Polka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM7Hxrbf5nw&feature=related http://www.8notes.com/scores/11175.asp http://books.google.com/books?id=nlDOICBmhbkC&pg=PA1316&lpg=PA1316&dq=pizzicato+polka+melody&source=bl&ots=3_5SL Py8-U&sig=MxpQgiFZnPaBfBZqCRtqg6Sui2I&hl=en&ei=sMHUTq- _DajTiALh4ZivDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=pizzicato%20polka%20melody &f=false Romantic Era: http://archiv.radio.cz/hudba/romantic.html