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In 1953 and 1956, Boskovich published a two-part article in Hebrew outlining the ideals behind the music he and others composed during the Yishuv period. This article provided a detailed account on the style which Brod and
Boskovich defined as Musica yam-tikhonit (Mediterranean music). According to
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conducting. Despite its success, Boskovich lost interest in this
Concerto and, in 1957, he re-wrote its middle section as a separate piece for violin and piano. During the same period (1943), he also wrote his Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra which also shows a strong oriental influence. During this
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had a profound effect on
Boskovich; effect of the varied country's landscapes, the colors of sand and sea, and the sounds of the local music that originated from the various Jewish ethnic groups, as well as from the non-Jewish ones. All of these influences inspired him to develop a personal style
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language served him as one of the most inspiring sources. Unlike others, he did not use songs or dances of the various Jewish ethnicities as a direct source, but rather formed his new ideas based on them. That approach prompted him to compose his Violin
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musicologist Ronit Seter, this extensive article "consisted mainly of guidelines and generalizations about a utopian
Israeli style". Boskovich himself was undergoing a period of creative silence while writing this article, and from which he emerged in 1960 with different stylistic priorities.
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Boskovich was married to Miriam who was also a musician; she taught piano at the music academy in Tel Aviv. After his death, in Tel Aviv, she cataloged their estate and contributed his manuscripts to the Archive of Israeli Music at the
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Boskovich". This article was originally published as part of the mini-monograph
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prayers. Bialik's text music is written in a modern style, almost surrealistic, while music to the traditional text is written in an archaic style.
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works, Concerto for Oboe and
Orchestra and the Semitic Suite, were strongly inspired by the music of Yardena Cohen. The Suite represents fragmented
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