"There used to be -- indeed, despite the
troubles that civilization has brought, there still are -- some wonderful
peoples who learn music as easily as one learns to breathe.
Their school consists of the eternal rhythm of
the sea, the wind in the leaves, and a thousand other tiny noises, which they
listen to with great care, without ever having consulted any of those dubious
treatises. Their traditions are preserved only in ancient songs, sometimes
involving dance, to which each individual adds his own contribution century by
century.
Thus Javanese music obeys laws of counterpoint
which make Palestrina seem like child’s play. And if one listens to it without
being prejudiced by one’s European ears, one will find a percussive charm that
forces one to admit that our own music is not much more than a barbarous kind
of noise more fit for a traveling circus."
Claude Debussy, 1913
"Próximo Oriente" é um programa da
Rádio Macau realizado por Hugo Pinto. Semanalmente, excursões sonoras pelas
paisagens orientais. Aos domingos, às 17h00, com repetição às terças, depois
das 22h00.
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