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Spaniard Santiago de Murcia composed at the same time as Mozart, and his salon music was generally forgotten except by classical guitarists. But this guitar manuscript, discovered in Mexico in the mid- 20th century, uses styles from centuries earlier, and far-flung Persia and North Africa.His tunes reflect the middle-eastern influence on Western music, which grew out of the long Islamic occupation of Spain.The performers freely improvise on the basic structures with guitars and multiple instruments.Happy music.