The term Mediterranean style (Hebr. signon mizraḥi; Oriental style, or signon mizraḥ-yam tikhoni; Eastern Mediterranean style) refers to a movement in the art music of Jewish Palestine and early Israel that emerged in the late 1930s and was practiced until the early 1950s. Its founding fathers were the composers Paul Ben-Haim (1897–1984) and Alexander U. Boskovich (1907–1964). Through the use of local musical colorin…
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Seter, Ronit, “Mediterranean Style”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 30 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0554>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20210312
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