And his gorgeously open harmonic style is a world apart from the homophonic modal accent of traditional synagogue music.

The harmonic style is heavily Wagnerian, with touches of Strauss.

His music reflects the aesthetics of 20th-century musical ideals through its eclectic nature and vigorous harmonic and rhythmic style.

Even in the 1930's the harmonic style was conservative, close to movie music, and too many of the transitions go stair-stepping through the chromatic scale.

"We tried to create a more harmonic style of Goth," says Nave.

To ears steeped in that repertory, earlier harmonic styles can sound alien, and the further back in time you move, the odder the music sounds.

Its melodic and harmonic style is simple and highly accessible.

It is believed that this harmonic style dates from pre-Christian times.

While not a prolific songwriter, he also crafted a number of songs in an advanced harmonic style.

His lush harmonic style also bore traces of Gershwin and other popular composers of the 1920s.