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Anu Be-hamon Shir
Maqam: Bayat Ḥuseyni
A piyyut for brit milah (circumcision) included in the section…
Sheh naaleh be-shem tov u-gedulah ke-birkat ha-milah. Omen. Zemer li-verit milah.
… that is widespread in different textual variants among Romaniote, Sephardi and Oriental communities. It is …
Isaac Levy
… his life he published four books containing Sephardic romances and another ten volumes of liturgical songs. He …
2-7. El parto feliz
… by Binyamin ben Yosef in his chapbook, El buquieto de romanzas (Istanbul, 1926). The first version (CD 1, no. 2) …
La reina tiene dolores (La mala suegra)
… The opening verses of this romance, depicting the pains of a pregnant woman, are the … during the days and nights preceding the circumcision. This romance follows the prototype of the evil mother-in-law who …
Nani quere el hijo (La mujer engañada)
… This lullaby is a romance about a deceived wife ( Armistead 1978: topic L13). … have a common rhyme, í-a, following a common scheme of the romance genre. … Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in …
Lavaba la blanca niña (La vuelta del marido)
… This is a fragment of a romance based on the theme of “the husband’s return” … and crying, meets a passing knight who, at the end of the romance, reveals himself as her husband. In the dialogue … tests her fidelity during his absence. The choice of this romance for this occasion is clear for two reasons: the …
24-26. El amor en Venecia + La licencia de la novia + Lo que conviene a la casada
We present three versions of this song. The first and third ones are from Izmir and the…
Irme quiero, la mi madre (La choza del desesperado)
… This is a romance formulated in the first person, interspersed by …
39-40. David llora a Absalón
… This romance about King David who is in anguish while expecting … death. The first version is only a short fragment of this romance. … 39-40. David llora a Absalón …