From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo songs from Smyrna, 2020 This wedding song weaves together several recurring themes: A reference to Song of Songs, Chapter 1: “Do not gaze at me because I am dark, for...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 The romance about The Deceived Woman (La mujer engañada) is formulated like a lullaby. The protagonist, in the first person, tells about the betrayal of her...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 Typical of cancionero, this song has stanzas of various unconnected themes: one stanza presents the three carnations (the red one, for the beginning of love), another,...
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 Typical of a cantigas the verses are not necessary directly related to each other nor in a specific order, though the topic circles around...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 The title given to this romance is Hero and Leandro, from an ancient legend (in poems by Ovid, Virgilio, Horacio and other poets) about the loved...
From Morenika Izmirlia, 2021 This is a Romansa that describes the sadness of King David on hearing of the death of his son Avshalom. Used as a dirge for personal mourning or for collective mourning...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 This a a humorous and festive copla from the Ottoman tradition , celebrating the downfall of Haman and the joy of the Jewish people. Haman here...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 This Ladino cantiga comes from a Greek musical that was translated into Judeo-Spanish and performed in Izmir in 1903. The musical itself was adapted from an...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 The song Las compras del rabino (Ya se va el haham) presents the Rabbi's purchases on his trips to different places to bring gifts for his...
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 The song Las compras del rabino (Ya se va el rabino) presents the Rabbi's purchases on his trips to different places to bring gifts...