The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.23
The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c11.23
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c11.23
The rebec, once popular in Europe, was a form of the rabôb, brought to Spain by the Moors, who in turn had derived it from Persia and Arabia. Here again the Aryan origin is evident, the rabôb being, according to old Sanskrit works, a form of vina. And it is still popular in the North of India and Afghanistan.