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Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs
Study and commentaries: Rivka Havassy and Edwin Seroussi
Research collaborators:…
7. Una cierta hija (Jacob Algava)
A love song unique to the tradition of Salonica preserved in very fragmentary versions.…
15. Cinco años ya va hacer (CES)
One of the widespread Judeo-Spanish songs of the early twentieth century that…
18. La hermosa durmiente (CES)
This is one of the most popular Ladino songs both historically and up to the present,…
24. El buceador (CES)
The opening line recalls of course the famous romance of Silvana that was well known in…
43. El infant cautivo (Çakum Effendi)
This romance (CMP H16) was popular among the Eastern Sephardic Jews (especially in…
50. Bezokhri 'al mishkavi (Çakum Effendi)
A selihah by Rabbi Yehudah Ibn Bal’am (Al-Andalus, 11th century). Çakum Effendi sings…
77. Tu sos una rosa (Bosanski Instrumentalni i Pjevački Terzett)
Another song documented only in the Sephardic tradition of Sarajevo. For additional…
Bǝ'ǝnti'ahomu feṭǝrā
A prayer performed in the very early morning of Ber’hān Sarāqa (Rosh Hashana), before…
Yǝtbārek… wanevāvo
This prayer can be heard around noon or in the afternoon during the service for…