[HANASHIR:5781] Re: Trope question

[Victor Tunkel <V.Tunkel...>]

>Victor, what is the "Western" style? West of what? Where are you writing
>from, the U.K.? Thanks for the info - I will look up the Tselilei Hamikra
>Vol.1.Aviva Rosenbloom
>
Dear Aviva:  you must surely know that the Ashkenazic style divides in to
western ("German") and eastern ("Lithuanian")?  By an accident of history
and geography the USA and Israel have adopted the latter.  In ashkenazic
Europe, Britain, the Commonwealth, and one or two other pockets of
resistance we still cling to the western style. Each style is equally
authentic. The western was the first to be notated (by the Christian
humanists, Reuchlin and Co) at the beginning of the 1500s and is still
largely the same as they heard it.  Western is more varied and elaborate,
has a fuller musical range (in all six applications - haftara, megillot,
etc).  If you want to know more, let me know.

Victor  (London, Eng.)
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