This was an unprecedented development in synagogal music. In this he gives a masterly survey of synagogal rites. The tune for Sukkot displays a gaiety quite rare in synagogal melody. Belsize Square Synagogue is independent and not affiliated to any synagogal grouping. Traditional synagogal music is therefore purely vocal. Synagogal music was accepted with the help of Louis Lewandowski. Hence, in turn, appeared cantillation, prayer-motive, fixed melody, and hymn as forms of synagogal music. He studied synagogal music for three years in Vienna with Salomon Sulzer.