From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This a a humorous and festive copla from North Morocco, celebrating the downfall of Haman and the joy of the Jewish people. Haman here...
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. This Romance is used as a wedding song in Tangier despite its theme of adultery. The song blends secular and para-liturgical elements, incorporating blessings from...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral The romance tells the story of the rape of the noble Roman lady Lucretia by Tarquin Sextus (son of the last king of Rome, Tarquin the...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral The ballad of Juan Lorenzo refers to an episode in Portuguese history: the adulterous affair between King Ferdinand I (14th century) and Leonor Tellez, wife of...
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. This copla for Shavuot, the holiday for the receiving of the Torah, begins with a verse in Hebrew, the first line of which, Hi Torá...
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. In this renewed version of three wedding songs, a steady percussion rhythm replaces the traditional continuous beat, which is usually accompanied by a single castanet...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral "The Husband in Disguise" (El Marido Disfrazado), a ballad preserved among the Sephardic Jews of Alcazarquivir, Morocco. In the story, the mother-in-law tests her daughter-in-law’s fidelity...
From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023 This romance is known only in the Sephardic Moroccan tradition. It retells the story of Moses, his flight from Midian, the revelation of the burning bush and his confrontation with...
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. This copla celebrates the giving of the Torah, drawing on Talmudic commentaries and legends, and interweaving numerous Hebrew expressions. It is composed in quatrains with...
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This copla celebrates the giving of the Torah, drawing on Talmudic commentaries and legends, and interweaving numerous Hebrew expressions. It is composed in quatrains...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral This beautiful romance is unique to the Sephardic tradition. It tells the story of a king who envies his nephew (in most texts, as in ours,...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral Here we find a common occurance, a fusion of two romances, both from the French epic tradition, El cautiverio de Guarinos, lines 1-10, and El sueño...
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. In later epic poems like Las Mocedades de Rodrigo, the legend of El Cid includes the tale of him killing Jimena Gómez's father, after which...