Slightly OT, but Leonard Bernstein alludes to this in his book The Joy of Music.
There's a chapter about how America was long looking for something musical to differentiate itself from the classical European orchestral concerts, and they went through a number of different formats (think Vaudeville, Variety Shows, etc), before they at last culminated in what we consider the modern American Musical.
(This has evolved again since the late 1900s with much of the genre being integrated into animation - primarily Disney - and live shows needing to evolve in new ways to keep live shows fresh and interesting).
All of which is to say that I quite like the idea that music in the European tradition is nonetheless experienced and enjoyed differently in non-European countries. The musical tradition might be the same, but the culture around it is different.
There's a chapter about how America was long looking for something musical to differentiate itself from the classical European orchestral concerts, and they went through a number of different formats (think Vaudeville, Variety Shows, etc), before they at last culminated in what we consider the modern American Musical.
(This has evolved again since the late 1900s with much of the genre being integrated into animation - primarily Disney - and live shows needing to evolve in new ways to keep live shows fresh and interesting).
All of which is to say that I quite like the idea that music in the European tradition is nonetheless experienced and enjoyed differently in non-European countries. The musical tradition might be the same, but the culture around it is different.