“Together, the matrices of race and music occupied a similar position and shared the same spaces in the works of some of the most enduring texts of Enlightenment thought…, at the end of the 18th century, music could embody differences and exhibit race…. Just as nature gave rise to and forms the race, music has shown remarkable affinities with nature” (Radano and Bohlman 2000: 14). Radano and Bohlman emphasized that nature is a source of differences; Racial identities inevitably exist because of these differences. However, because racial identities are based on differences in physical appearance, they manifest through differences in music, because music embodies the physical differences of humans. Racial differences are amplified by many musical characteristics, including language, tonality, and vocal expression. Nevertheless, music is the common foundation of different racial identities. “In the racial imagination, music also occupies a position that bridges or straddles racial differences. Music bridges the spaces between racial distinctions…” (Radano and Bohlman 2000: 8) Although music serves as a means by which differences in racial identities are revealed, it glues them together.