From Kelley Hackett Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 21:57
From Kelley Hackett Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 21:57
Regardless of influence, African music has existed long before, and I reiterate, LONG BEFORE the period in which U spoke of early.............. > -----Original Message----- > From: Drusca [SMTP:xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx] > Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 3:45 PM > To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > 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