re: #125 Cato the Elder

OK, just to relativize things, here’s another song clip from the great Shajarian of Iran. (Warning: almost ten minutes. Those with short attention spans, NSFC: not safe for cerebellum.)

There are many, many people in Iran who just want to live their lives.

Unfortunately, all there lives are in the hands of the mullahs.

Note:

The four-stringed upright bowed instrument is a cousin of the violin, viola, viola da gamba, cello, and contrabass.

The four-stringed plucked instrument is a cousin of the banjo.

The round drum is a cousin of the Irish bodhran.

All of them are very, very ancient. Probably some of them are the same instruments that King David wrote for, sung along with, and listened to.

Music is indeed the universal language. Honi soit qui mal y pense.