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Cuan bien me lavī (Las telecas)
“How well I washed myself, how well I soaped myself, how I enjoyed my bath; let my…
3-6. La galana y el mar
These are four versions of a song performed at the ritual bath and treating the theme of…
Levantáivos el parido (1a)
A circumcision song about the father and mother of the newborn. The father, still asleep…
7–9. Las prendas de la novia
We include in this collection three versions of this complex accumulative song drawing…
Ah, siñora novia (El arreglo de la novia + La nueva familia de la novia)
This is a song about the bride’s preparations, dressing and combing her hair for the…
11-13. La llamada a la morena + El vestido de la novia + La nave por partir + Las flechas del amor
Many Sephardic cantigas consist of unrelated strophes linked by a common thread and sung…
Escalerica l’hizo (La escalera de las bendiciones + La llamada a la morena + La nave por partir)
This song consisting of disconnected strophes, similar or identical to those in the…
Estas casas tan hermosas (La casa de la boda)
“Oh, what beautiful houses, for the brides to dance there at weddings; this one and…
Halilem, halilem (Por quién vine)
“I did not come for the lady of the house (the owner) but I came for the daughter!” This…
Estas mesas son del vino (Las mesas de vino)
“These tables are for wine. Let us never lack bread or wine.” Each strophe concludes: “…