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Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs
Study and commentaries: Rivka Havassy and Edwin Seroussi
Research collaborators:…
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
The passing of the founder of the Yiddish theater spawned a touching emotional response…
Symphony Overture in G (1732)
Under the influence of the kabbalistic ideas developed in Safed during the sixteenth…
Male pi shira (My mouth is full of song)
Author: Meir
The 'lahan' is divided into three sections. The first is sung by the…
42. Malandanzas del asker (Çakum Effendi)
This is one of the Ladino songs about the “askerlik” – the military service forced on…
58. La despedida (Isaac Algazi)
The author of this song, Dr. Maimon Levy, was an ophthalmologist, native of Corfu, who…
60. Noche de alhad (Elie Cohen)
A paraphrase of the first stanza of the piyyut Be-moza’ei yom menuhah, this traditional…
Paul Fenton
Paul Fenton is a French-British Jewish historian and orientalist, a professor of…