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Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy Grand Holiday Illumination 2023
December 20, 2023 @ 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
An event every day that begins at 4:30 pm, repeating until January 1, 2024
Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy Grand Holiday Illumination 2023
In addition to the classical music associated with Christmas, music from the traditions associated with Indo-Persian gardens and Samuel Untermyer has been selected for the Illumination at Untermyer Gardens. Ancient Persia (550 BCE) was Zoroastrian. Its music may sound strange to many Western ears, but it would have been heard in Persian gardens for over a thousand years. As Persia gradually became Muslim, new music evolved from that tradition. Jewish music reflects the heritage of Samuel Untermyer as well as the ancient story of the Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis. Hindu music is included, as it would have been heard in the monumental gardens of Mughal India.
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