How the East inspired classical music, from the fictional heroine Scheherazade to the sounds and sights of India

Culminating in rich portrayals of Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel, the ‘exotic’ Orient inspired countless composers, says Stephen Johnson

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