Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5982a/40 This is a fragment of the Romance of the Captured sister, Hermana Cautiva, but a few borrowed lines another romance. Text: De las altas mares traien a la niña...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: NSA Yc1096/18 Referenced and notated in: Romansero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 107, Editorial Alpuerto S.A. 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak This is a partial rendition of this romance, where the husband leaves...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/7 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 109, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. In the Sephardic tradition, the combination of two ballads is very frequent, the first...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral This is a partial rendition of this romance, where the husband leaves his wife. It has a widespread geographical distribution in Sephardic culture, sung in both...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/6 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 92, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a song of a slave’s longing for his wife Tamar Pesá, mother...
From Morenika Izmirlia, 2021, From Merendjenas, 2023 This is a song of a slave’s longing for his wife Tamar Pesá, mother of his children, who is far away embroidering a shirt for the son of...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral This is a song of a slave’s longing for his wife Tamar Pesá, mother of his children, who is far away embroidering a shirt for the...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 3980/9b The copla of the Debate of the Vegetables (El debate de las verduras) belongs to a group of debate coplas that include exchanges between flowers, colors, and other...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 The copla of the Debate of the Vegetables (El debate de las verduras) belongs to a group of debate coplas that include exchanges between flowers, colors,...
From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 This song is a clear description of the tragic events in the Balkan War against Bulgaria of 1912-1913, and especially of the suffering of...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/2 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 268, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a song of parting of the bride from her family and...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 A song of parting of the bride from her family. This is a widely spread song in the congregations of Turkey, Saloniki, Sarayevo and Rhodes. This...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 The copla called The Night of Alhad (Noche de Alhad) is sung at the end of Shabbat to mark the transition to the coming of the...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5433/4 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 208, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This wedding cantiga is sung as a blessing for the bride and groom,...