Strauss recognised it and welcomed it with the music of nebels, kinnors and tabors, as the misguided children of Israel welcomed the golden calf.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
He writes from Calais to a friend: "Those innocent recreations you mention of tabors and pipes, and dancing ladies, and convenient country houses, shady walks and close arbours, make one sigh to be again a spectator of them, and to be again in little England, where time slides more gently away than in any part of the world.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
Interest then came forward and went through two more figures, and as soon as the tabors ceased, he said: But mightier than Love am I, Though Love it be that leads me on, Than mine no lineage is more high, Or older, underneath the sun.
"The History of Don Quixote, Vol. II., Part 23"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra