Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc1188/8 This Purim copla, with its characteristic asymmetrical rhythm, combines two themes: the story of Esther and the social traditions of Purim, including festive foods and communal study.
Composed during the Balkan War of 1912-1913. The theme develops around the pain a wife that looses her husband, or possibly a mother who looses her son, his name Yehuda sung in Hebrew.
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5433/2 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 271-272, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a widely spread song in the congregations of Turkey, Saloniki, Sarayevo...