In a message dated 1/6/03 5:17:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I agree with Fred (and David) but would add an important qualification >to Fred's 'USA/Euro' definition. I believe what Fred is referring to (he'll >correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure) is in fact 'USA/Anglo-Saxon' culture, >i.e. everything sung in the English language. 'Latin American' music (sic) >is Spanish and Portuguese, two European languages; 'African' music (sic) >is largely in French, another European language. A lot of 'world music' >comes from these two continents. > >Notwithstanding the fact that USA/Euro culture is everyday more USA and >less European... > >mike in barcelona
Well, what I actually meant was regarding the music itself, not the language sung to it. My point is that "world music" is a useless and ethnocentric marketing term designating any human musical endeavor that isn't in the tradition of mainstream Western (hence, USA/Euro) civilization. Lots of African pop music may be sung in French, but its musical language is decidedly nonwestern. Fred
