Hangadó - performance by Árpád Tóth

Europe's relationship with exotic cultures has a long history, but the first exciting mixing of musical cultures can be observed during the Renaissance. How does Monteverdi's journey to Hungary and Turkish culture appear in his works? Which composers have incorporated black African musical motifs into their pieces and does Lassus' choral work, long considered gibberish, really evoke a Nigerian dialect? What kind of music was composed to indigenous Indian texts at the dawn of the Baroque, and what kind of music did the famous black guitarists in Portugal play in the 17th century? The first encounter of dizzyingly different cultures in music history.