A Selection of Judeo-Spanish Songs

By Hazzan Abraham Beniso

Although he was a cantor, Abraham Beniso was also a trained singer. Among his extra-synagogue performances, he recorded commercial arrangements of few songs in Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) following the practices of several of his predecessors and contemporaries, most notable the London Spanish-Portuguese hazzan the Reverend Eliezer Abinun. See also in our website the project on the liturgical music of the Gibraltar synagogues, that includes the biography of Hazzan Abraham Beniso.

Sound Examples

Durme durme mi alma donzella

Los bilbilicos, Tsur mishelo

Adio kerida

Sol hatzadeket

Sung as a part of the qinot for the 9thof Av 

El dio alto Motzei Shabbat

Noches noches

Cuando el rey Nimrod


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