I never meant to imply that one thread is influenced by the other. I'm
just saying that if rap is broadly defined as the general art of rhythmic recitation of
verse -- which I think is a reasonable definition -- then there has been plenty of rap
throughout history besides the current movement.
Who has broadly defined it that way? It is still a different genre. Rap is what it is. It
is anachronistic to apply the term to parts of _The Music Man_, let alone _Facade_ by
Sitwell and Walton.
I don't think Schubert was influenced by Irish bards either, but I think it's reasonable
to label either of them as "song".
But I would not call an instrumental composition a song, and yet many young people use
that term in that way when they mean a tune or melody. I know a man who talks about
playing the piano. It doesn't matter if it is the pipe organ at the church he really is
referring to. All the same to him. Keyboard instrument. Those black and white key
thingies. I absolutely believe we who know better need to make distinctions.
"No, no, not intelligent." - W S Gilbert: _Princess Ida_.
-Rob
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