In response to the following comments previously written in the thread, > >There were numerous > > >non-European contributors to that tradition--some of them of great > >>merit--before 1650. > > > >Such as?
Andrew wrote a reply mentioning Gutierre Fernández Hidalgo, and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, suggesting that because they practiced their craft in present day Peru, and Mexico, respectively, that they were non-European composers. I would differ with Andrew on this point, as I would submit that since both men lived in what they knew as "New Spain" and considered themselves to be "Spaniards", that they should be considered to be in the European tradition. Indeed, I suggest that this music is not more popular in the areas in which it was crafted (Peru, and Puebla, Mexico) because contemporary inhabitants of those places consider this music to be "European", as well. ns _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
