… researched and written extensively on romantic era, Western European music; eastern influences on Western music …

… and para-liturgical musical practices of the major European Jewish communities. To supplement the material that …

… its distinctive waltz rhythm and major scale, betrays its European pedigree. For a version from Sarajevo, see below …

… liturgical poems such as Shofet kol ha’aretz to Eastern Europe. When Shofet kol ha’aretz appeared in printed prayers … still reproduced among the Jewish intelligentsia in Eastern Europe in the early nineteenth century. The relevant passage … reminiscences of Biblical chant. The “alternative” Eastern European melody of Shofet kol ha’arez bears the unmistakable …

… Special Symposium Ernst Bloch: The Jew as European and American Composer On the Occasion of the 50th …

… into a signature mark in his developing approach to Eastern European Jewish music. ____________________________________ …

… Deronda (1876). The drama tells the story of a disaffected European aristocrat who rediscovers his Jewish heritage and …

… repertoire’ couple dances of Western and Central European origin such as lances, pa de span, padekater, … words were sung which went with the rhythms... Eastern European Jews were accustomed to invite each guest to an …

… International Symposium on Sephardi Jews in South-Eastern Europe and Their Contribution to the Development of the …