Syria (Aleppo)
Shoef kemo eved [Rosh ha-shanah].
From the Collection of Isaac Lurie
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie
Shoef kemo eved [Rosh ha-shanah].
Shoef kemo eved [Rosh ha-shanah]. As a servant longs [Rosh ha-shanah]. Piyut for Rosh ha-shanah. Lyrics by Solomon ben Gabirol (1021-1058). Performed by hazzan Halevi [from Alleppo] accompanied by several singers on July 16, 1913. Cylinder # 629. 2:01
This traditional Aleppo melody for Ibn Gabirol’s piyyut for the morning services of Rosh Hashanah is still extant in oral tradition with some slight differences.
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