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11. Alevanta hermosa niña (CES)
A very rare Judeo-Spanish song. The only other known version, a much shorter one, was…
41. Los árboles llorosos (Çakum Effendi)
For notes on this extremely popular Judeo-Spanish song, see above no. 13. The last…
58. La despedida (Isaac Algazi)
The author of this song, Dr. Maimon Levy, was an ophthalmologist, native of Corfu, who…
59. La reina de la gracia (Isaac Algazi)
This is a love song in makam Nihavent and usul Devri Hindi (7/4). The poem was written…
60. Noche de alhad (Elie Cohen)
A paraphrase of the first stanza of the piyyut Be-moza’ei yom menuhah, this traditional…
61. La galana (Elie Cohen)
Another version of the song recorded by Compagnie Espagnole de Salonique (see notes to…
62. Cantes amargos (Isac Haim)
Considering its substantial documentation, it is evident that this song was very popular…
63. El parto feliz (Isac Haim)
Haim Effendi’s recording of this song (2008, CD IV, no. 12, from 1922) which we formerly…
65. El baile de los falsos (Sida Musafija)
This is a Judeo-Spanish contrafact of an extremely popular dance melody of the early…
76. La pipitera conversa (Bosanski Instrumentalni i Pjevački Terzett)
A rare song about a young Jewish woman “becoming Turk,” a subject found in other songs…