From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023 This copla, connected to the circumcision ritual, recounts a Talmudic legend about Abraham’s miraculous birth and early years. Terah’s wife gives birth to him in a cave, and like a...
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...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral There are no known ancient Hispanic versions of this ballad, but it is preserved in the Moroccan tradition with a few differences, such as the groom...
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...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 This is an abbreviated version of a romance which tells the story of how a mother in law plotted against her daughter in law while she...
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...
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 Typical of the cantigas genre, the order of the strophes are not necessarily important. The text speaks of the sand paths in Sirkigi, where...
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...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 This is a version of La doncella guerrera, The warrior maiden, which is widely spread across Spain and within the Sephardic diaspora. In all versions, a...
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...
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...