[Borges]

The best Spanish music was written by the French.

[buwaya]

The best French music in Carmen was written by a Spaniard (Sebastian Iradier, music teacher to the Empress Eugenie).

The original of the Habanera (El Arreglito, the little arrangement, Iradier) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AriV6ogNbVA