Ottoman Hebrew Sacred Songs

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Seroussi, Edwin ed. Ottoman Hebrew Sacred Songs. Anthology of Music Traditions in Israel, vol. 12. Jerusalem: Jewish Music Research Centre, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1998. Research Recording. CD.

This rare recording of one of the last surviving singers of the Maftirim choir (Edirne, Turkey), Samuel Benaroya, documents a mostly unrecorded tradition dating from the 17th century of Hebrew & sacred poems set to Ottoman classic music. Recorded by Moshe Kirschbaum, annotated by Edwin Seroussi.

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