In Reply to: The great conspiracy theory of music... posted by dave c on February 23, 2007 at 14:47:56:
... amongst other things... is the influence that spread from In dia, through the Middle East, across North Africa (picking up the minstrels and troubadours travelling with the crusades en route) entered Europe through Spain with the Moorish invasion and just kept going.
Of course that muddies the waters of a very clear simple and possibly wrong (!) headline argument.
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Follow Ups
- what my previous post deliberately leaves out... - dave c 14:51:01 02/23/07 (3)
- Thanks. Your muddying argument explains where the tabla and - tinear 15:31:05 02/24/07 (2)
- is the tabla common in western music... - dave c 18:01:29 02/24/07 (1)
- How would I know, mine hasn't worn off yet. nt - tinear 13:31:21 02/25/07 (0)