Regardless of influence, African music has existed long before, and I
reiterate, LONG BEFORE the period in which U spoke of early..............
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> From: Drusca [SMTP:drusca@erols.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 3:45 PM
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: (idm) The Africa in Music
>
> ChairCrusher wrote:
>
> > Stravinsky was directly influenced by hearing African music in Paris.
>
> Actually, he was influenced by Russian folk music, which often uses odd
> time
> signatures, when he composed Petrouchka, Firebird and Rite Of Spring. He
> was
> later influenced by ragtime in pieces like Soldier's Tale. You might be
> thinking
> of Debussy hearing Gamelan in Paris.
>
> Andrei