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Eikha yashvah badad (Lamentations 1:1-4 and 5:21)
During the services of the Ninth of Av, the Scroll of Ekha (Book of Lamentations) is…
A Recovered Voice from the Past
Preface
The history of the Jews, Heinrich Graetz, the great nineteenth-century German…
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
This document, in the form of a synoptic table, incorporates three versions of Idelsohn’…
La reina tiene dolores (La mala suegra)
The opening verses of this romance, depicting the pains of a pregnant woman, are the…
Nani quere el hijo (La mujer engañada)
This lullaby is a romance about a deceived wife (Armistead 1978: topic L13). The mother…
Dicotín dicotán (Ricotín ricotán)
A children’s game: one child lowers his head, hides his face and closes his eyes, while…
Lavaba la blanca niña (La vuelta del marido)
This is a fragment of a romance based on the theme of “the husband’s return” (Armistead…
38-40. El regateo de las consuegras
These are three variants of a serial song performed at the dowry’s exhibition. The song…
7–9. Las prendas de la novia
We include in this collection three versions of this complex accumulative song drawing…
El buen viar (El baile del cereal)
A cumulative song used as a dance at wedding feasts. This song is formulated as a series…