Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2936/19 Referenced and notated in: En Buen Siman, Panorama del repertorio Musical Sefardi, pg. 173, Pardes Publishing House, 2006 The Charleston swept the 20th century and with it the Sephardic...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: YCD2980/48 In this song the guardian of the house (el hangi bashi) did not bolt the door properly resulting in the pregnancy of the bride, her belly now is the...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: YCD2979/1 This well-known song is based on a translation of a Turkish original that tells the story of a demanding bride who rejects a series of suitors, each for a...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2931/1 A song of longing for Jerusalem, used to be sung on the night of the "mortaja", when people gathered in a feast to prepare the shrouds for the old...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 5982a/44 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 118, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This copla, connected to the circumcision ritual, recounts a Talmudic legend about...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: NSA Y5435/2 Referenced and notated in: Romansero Sefardi de Oriente pg. 152 Editorial Alpuerto S.A. 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak There are no known ancient Hispanic versions of this ballad, but it...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/14 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 115, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. This romance tells of how the mother in law plots against her daughter in...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 5982a/20 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 250, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. A song mockingly comparing the guests from the groom's family with those form...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: YCD 2979/3 Typical of the cantigas genre, the order of the strophes are not necessarily important. The text speaks of the sand paths in Sirkigi, where the lover walks to...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5434/4 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 157, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a version of La doncella guerrera, The warrior maiden, which is widely...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc 1332/21 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 63, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. The ballad recounts the mysterious murder of Giovanni (Juan) Borgia, Duke of Gandia,...
Jerusalem's National Library Sound Archive placement: Yc 2774/22 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 234, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This wedding song weaves together several recurring themes: A reference to...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2096/6. Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 235, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This wedding song weaves together several recurring themes: A reference to Song...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc6188c/22 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 172, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. The romance about The Deceived Woman (La mujer engañada) is formulated like a...