David asked:

Is it possible for 1001 Arabian Nightsto have influenced composers of various types? If so, how, even
if not directly exposed to the story? I am strenuously working on this painstaking research paper, so I
would be grateful to any information.

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Off the top of my head, there are Rimski-Korsakov's and Ravel's Sheherazade,Weber's Abu Hassan
and Oberon,Schubert and Wolf wrote some songs things based on Arabic or Persian lyrics. But this
is something you need to research yourself. The best way to start would be with opera, going right
back to the Renaissance, and checking out something like "Orientalism" in Music.

Jurgen Lawrenz

Sydney