Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle

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Weich-Shahak, Susana ed. Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle. Anthology of Music Traditions in Israel, vol. 5. Jerusalem: Jewish Music Research Centre, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2001. Research Recording. CD.

A collection of life-cycle songs: birth, circumcision, wedding etc., sung in Ladino. All songs were recorded, transcribed and annotated by Susana Weich-Shahak. The CD accompanies a book of the same title, by the above editor (Yuval Music Series, vol. 1, 1989). 1st edition (1989) was published as a cassette.

Performers: Alicia Bendayan, Ester Davida, Ginette Benabu, Jaky Benabu, Menashe Elbaz, Simi Suissa, Rahma Lucasi, Fortuna Mesas, Elvira Alfasi, Rachel Levy, Itzhak Ben Ezra, Floria Bengio.

The book Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle.

You can download MP3s at Amazon, or find it on Apple Music. 

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