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Posted on 03/02/2015 10:33:28 AM PST by CharlesOConnell
Why bother to listen to this music?
How can we come to understand these people in war, if we don't listen to them in peace?
They're on the other side of a divide from us—very high illiteracy rate, if a person who can't read sees a scrap of printed matter from a newpaper on the ground, they will pick it up in case it might be the Holy Quran.
Music has the ability to transcend this divide.
It's great music, one of its influences is Roman culture—this instrument, the Qunan, the name comes from Greek, "Canon", a ruler or tuning measuring rod. They have influenced us in return, in Spanish, Italian & Greek music. It's very easy to listen to, some of what they do is the best in the world.
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I would assume that Moslems picked up musical scales from India, and/or that Indian music was known more widely in the ancient world. You probably know about it, there are many different ragas and micro tones, very sophisticated and beautiful.
I'll bet this tune is now banned in some areas.
“Though she’s my teen goddess, and her ruby lips are so divine....”
The tunes from “Kismet” are probably banned too, since they celebrate the relationship of a man and a woman.
No doubt : )
Misirlou--Dick Dale & the Deltones (1962)
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