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Abstractmany ethnomusicologists think that the classification of the music in two main categories “classical”and “popular” is impossible in certain countries of middle-east. they think that these two musicalcategories, as opposed to what one sees in the west, are not distinguished clearly in these countriesso that one often can see musicians of a sector, which can be seen as “classical”, are also active in thepopular sector. although it is not impertinent to interpret the musical life of certain countries of themiddle-east in this manner, this promiscuity of the sectors, as opposed to what think these ethnomusicologists,are not specific to these countries, but it can be seen even in the west just at the moment ofthe genesis of the popular music. the comparative study of the cases in iran and egypt shows that thegenesis as well as the development of the popular music undergoes a determined law, in the west as inthe east, without any exception. in fact, the popular music always is mingled with the classical musicat the moment of its genesis and then, if the conditions are favorable, it separates from it to carry on itsway independently. if the distinction between popular music and classical music in some countries ofthe middle east is difficult for some ethnomusicologists, it’s reason is that they very often forget thatthe specific ties that linked the popular and classical musics are, especially in capitalist countries, thenecessary condition of its genesis. the author tries to show that the popular music in islamic societieswhere the market economy began to be installed towards the end of the 19th - early 20th century,followed, grossomodo, the same way in the west, so that the existence of a more or less general ruleof the genesis and development of this music in the countries with market economy is probable. thisrule is explained primarily by the notion of meso-music that binds the categories of classical and folkmusic. then there are special ties that link the emergent popular music to classical music of the culturein question. yet, it must be added that, for the muslim countries the influence exercised by westernmeso-music, considered (of course wrongly) as representative of classical music or “scientific one”on these cultures. the case study of azerbaijan shows how this rule can be modified when it comes tosocialist countries that have experienced another economic and social system