Hon Tachon (Venice)

Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection (1954-1961)
Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection (1954-1961)
Hon Tachon (Venice)

Bruno Polacco, Leo Levi


A piyyut for the second day of Rosh Hashanah in the Eastern Sephardi ritual of Venice, adapted to a Livornese melody traditionally associated with 'Et sha'are ratzon. The Venetian Sephardi synagogue adopted the Livornese repertoire in the 19th century, replacing its' original Eastern tradition. 

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