Found that quote, about long forms of music and gardens. As advice for how to appreciate Núba, Manoubi Snoussi compared the music to an Arab garden, and said,
"There I will stand and look around. I may turn to this side or that and the view will be the same. There is nothing irregular, nothing disturbing my mind. And ... everything comes towards me. I am able to allow it to come or not, according to my mind, I can accept or refuse. There is nothing disturbing or alarming me. Thus it is with our music."
To me, that's the key to a successful loooong piece of music. Or at least, one key.
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