>>> Well, I don't think original south Americans had any necessity of
> playing
>>> Spanish music, is that's what you meant.
>> I am not sure at what point exactly attraction turns into necessity, but
> if
>> it didn't we wouldn't have HANAC PACHAP and other goodies of the
> sort......
>> RT
> That's right, but still we don't know if that comes from attraction or pure
> colonization.
> Obviously we can't tell, but what I meant is that probably south Americans
> had no reasons for imitating vihuelas, as probably Spanish music had little
> meaning to them, more if we consider how the "conquistadores" did their
> business down there. Pure speculation, however.
> aa
My understanding that Jesuit approach at the Missiones was not exactly
definable as colonization in the strict sense of the word, and the music
there was the part that was meaningful to the both parties involved...
RT
