Sonic Ruins of Modernity

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Seroussi, Edwin. Sonic Ruins of Modernity: Judeo-Spanish Folksongs Today. SOAS Studies in Music. London and New York: Routledge, 2022.

Sonic Ruins of Modernity shows how social, cultural and cognitive phenomena interact in the making and distribution of folksongs beyond their time. Through Judeo-Spanish (or Ladino) folksongs, the author illustrates a methodology for the interplay of individual memories, artistic initiatives, political and media policies, which ultimately shape “tradition” for the past century. He fleshes out in a series of case studies how folksongs can be conceived, performed and circulated in the post-tradition era – constituting each song as a “sonic ruin,” as an imagined place. At the same time, the book overall provides a unique perspective on the history of the Judeo-Spanish folksong. 

To enhance your experience of reading this book, you will find in this online page additional visual, audiovisual and sound resources accompanying the text. These resources are:

Images, labeled as in the book (e.g. Image 2.1). These are the original images that were printed without colors. There are also additional images not included in the printed book that expand the visual experience of the text. These images are labeled with an additional letter (e.g. 2.2a meaning an additional image to the second image of chapter 2).

Music Examples are the musical scores included in the book (e.g. Music example 5.1) that can be downloaded for easier reference.

Recorded Musical Examples are sound files of pieces discussed in the book They are numbered by chapter, serial number within the chapter (e.g. 3.1) and specific page number in which the example is discussed and/or transcribed (e.g. “5.1.3 page 166' means the third version of the melody in example 1 of chapter 5 printed on page 166).

An additional PDF file is a Companion including some of the original sources of the Recorded Musical Examples as well as links to additional videos that vividly illustrate the arguments presented in the book.

Online discussion about the the book in Centro Sefarad-Israel (in Spanish)

Recorded Musical Examples

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Joaquin Diaz
Musical Example 3.1 page 34

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Haim Effendi
Musical Example 3.2 page 38

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Gloria Levy
Musical Example 3.3 page 35

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Elnadav
Musical Example 3.4 page 52 

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Chilean cueca Violeta Parra
Musical Example 3.5 page 59

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Jacob Algava
Musical Example 4.1 page 91

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Weich Shakak
Musical Example 4.2 page 92

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El hermano infame Dora Gerassi
Musical Example 5.0 page 120

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Elias Behar Ensanta_Eléni
Musical Example 5.1.1 page 122-3

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Dudu Baisa FLAD 057
Musical Example 5.1.3 page 122-3

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FJD, K 113-41
Musical Example 5.1.4 page 122-3

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FJD, K 116-9
Musical Example 5.1.5 page 122-3

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FJD, K 436-6
Musical Example 5.1.6 page 122-3

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FJD, K 110-4
Musical Example 5.1.7 page 122-3

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Charro Avitia Corrido de Santa Amalia
Musical Example 5.1.8 page 122-3

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Claire Zalamansky
Musical Example 5.2 page 130

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Hesperion XXI Jordi Savall
Musical Example 5.3 page 131

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Yehoram Gaon
Musical Example 6.1 page 135

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Lopes Cardozo
Musical Example 7.1 page 158

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Abraham Lopes Cardozo
Musical Example 7.2 page 159

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Sarah Gozal and Leah Benzgidá
Musical Example 7.3 page 166

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Simi Salama
Musical Example 7.4 page 168

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Musical Example 7.5 page 168


Attachments

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Sonic Ruins - Companion of Online Recordings.pdf
Companion of Online Recordings

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