This 20th-century repertoire includes theatre music and new lyrics set to popular melodies like tangos and local songs. Themes often reflect social trends, such as fashion, or explore immigration to Palestine, highlighting its challenges and hopes.
From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 This is a wedding lament with acrimonious expressions, sighed for the expenses that the marriage entails for the family, and with an ironic comment...
From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 Another song referring to the Sephardic trades in the Jewish quarters of Salonika, in this case, the vegetable seller. In it, terms like karavozchi...