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The genotype
Flamenco also contains information of its Greek and Roman
influences, hidden away until the birth of the liturgical
Byzantine canticles in the Middle Age.
Composer Manuel de Falla particularly found the connection
in features such as the melody and the descending minor scale.
The popular assimilation of the Gregorian canticles as part
of liturgical ceremonies left its melodic print as well as
a touch of the orient. |
