Year
2001
Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle
CD accompaniment of the book
The Chicago Manual of Style
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.
Go to the page of the book Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle.
You can download MP3s at Amazon, or find it on Apple Music.
Sound Examples
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Rachel Levy (Tangier)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Ester Davida and family (Tangier)
Ginette Benabu (Tangier)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Ester Davida and her daughters (Tangier)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Ginette Benabu (Tangier)
Ginette Benabu (Tangier)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Ester Davida and her daughters (Tangier)
Ginette Benabu (Tangier), her son Jacky Benabu (darbuqqa) and Menashe Elbaz (sonaja)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Simi Suissa (Alcazarquivir)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Simi Suissa (Alcazarquivir)
Ester Davida and family (Tangier)
Ester Davida and family (Tangier)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Rahma Lucasi, Fortuna Mesas, Elvira Alfasi (Larache)
Elvira Alfasi, Rahma Lucasi, Fortuna Mesas (Larache)
Ester Davida and her daughters (Tangiers)
Ishak Ben Ezra (Tetuan)
Ester Davida and her daughters (Tangiers)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
Alicia Bendayan (Tetuan)
