The Listening Service - Al-Andalus: What makes music sound Spanish?

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Tom Service looks for the essence of Spain in the music of later centuries. Why was so much "Spanish" music written by Russian, French or German composers, and how do we recognise a "Spanish" sound in music now?

Published on Sunday, 29th September 2019.

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