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... Europe , and holding the key to the Mediterranean from the Atlantic , Spain retains traces of European , African , Mediterranean , and Atlantic cultures that make of it a distinctive country within western Europe . Under the ...
... Europe , and holding the key to the Mediterranean from the Atlantic , Spain retains traces of European , African , Mediterranean , and Atlantic cultures that make of it a distinctive country within western Europe . Under the ...
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... Europe , and in the Americas . In Africa it clearly is related to the Egyp- tian harps , and again it is associated with women . The harp has maintained and increased its importance in Europe . It is omnipresent in folktales and legends ...
... Europe , and in the Americas . In Africa it clearly is related to the Egyp- tian harps , and again it is associated with women . The harp has maintained and increased its importance in Europe . It is omnipresent in folktales and legends ...
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... Europe ; indeed ( with the exception of the African- derived banjo ) more recently , all currently used Europe- an lutes and fiddles have wood bellies . The most impor- tant model for the European lute was the classical Arab lute , al ...
... Europe ; indeed ( with the exception of the African- derived banjo ) more recently , all currently used Europe- an lutes and fiddles have wood bellies . The most impor- tant model for the European lute was the classical Arab lute , al ...
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