In the Film “Latcho Drom, it tells a story about a group of gypsies traveling from South Asia into the Middle East than finally to Europe. The main focus of the film was demonstrated; when the gypsies would travel they would take in other styles of music from the different places/ cultures they visited. In the Film I saw three main parts, the gypsies having a celebration under the full moon, celebration with a couple in Egypt, and than a takht ensemble.
In the scene where the gypsies are dancing under the full moon, they were playing a mini cymbal, which seemed too made out of gold and made a chime bell sound. Also the instruments that I saw the gypsies playing were the UD, which consisted of five strings and the gypsies’ woman wore bracelets which produced a sharp sound. In the scene there was a lot of dancing but mostly by woman. In the celebration in Egypt, it was different from the first scene in the aspect that it was mostly performed indoors. The main focus in this scene was the couple dancing which in the background had the violin, wooden clappers, drums, and people clapping accompanying them. And finally in the last scene with the takht ensemble, the instruments that were featured were the Ud, Quanum, Nay, Riaq, drum, violin and clarinet.
After watching this film, it became more obvious how influential traveling is to music. By traveling to different areas, and not having to cross over large bodies of water, the gypsies were able to pick up new and different styles of music that they would incorporate into their own music.

Professor Ree accuses the chinese concert, the chinese orchestra as not being authentic. I first would like to say i some what agree with Professor Ree because authentic music can be modernized and interesting as its original piece. This is becasue change and adaptation must be accounted for, and that things can not always remian the same throughout history. However, what makes the chinese orchestra not authentic was, it does not follow the ancient traditions which it is derived from. For instance the musicans purpose for playing is not for ritual value, but for entertainment. They perform for tourist, which changes the music by simplifiying it instead of keeping the original versions of the ritualistic song. Also the balance of instruements change from focusing on rythm to melody.
The western scholars also accuse chinese orchestra of being unauthentic because they use western instruments and borrow their compositions. They take traditional music and add a modern feel to make the music up to date with time. This turns the western scholars away from the modern chinese orchestra because it sounds to similar to western music and lack traditional qualities.

Professor Ree accuses the chinese concert, the chinese orchestra as not being authentic. I first would like to say i some what agree with Professor Ree because authentic music can be modernized and interesting as its original piece. This is becasue change and adaptation must be accounted for, and that things can not always remian the same throughout history. However, what makes the chinese orchestra not authentic was, it does not follow the ancient traditions which it is derived from. For instance the musicans purpose for playing is not for ritual value, but for entertainment. They perform for tourist, which changes the music by simplifiying it instead of keeping the original versions of the ritualistic song. Also the balance of instruements change from focusing on rythm to melody.
The western scholars also accuse chinese orchestra of being unauthentic because they use western instruments and borrow their compositions. They take traditional music and add a modern feel to make the music up to date with time. This turns the western scholars away from the modern chinese orchestra because it sounds to similar to western music and lack traditional qualities.