Cantigas/Cancionero

Lyrical and life-cycle songs structured in stanzas. Some are sung freely, while others play roles in life rituals, especially the many stages of marriage, including ritual bathing (mikve), dowry, farewell to parents, and the wedding ceremony. Like Romancero, these songs primarily belong to the women’s domain.

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Abrid puertas y ventanas

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc 930/26 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 291, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. A mourning song sung when a young girl meets her death.

Abrimes (Avrishme) galanica 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 2774/18 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 172, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is nocturnal love song of tenderness and stealth, where the young...

Abrimes (Avrishme) galanica 2

From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 This is nocturnal duet is a love song of tenderness and stealth, where the young lover pleads to be let in before dawn, while the girl...

Abrimes (Avrishme) galanica 3

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 1, 2009 The text of this well known lyrical song consists of a dialogue in which the bride heaps difficulties...

Ah, siniora novia 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2091/8. Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 228, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This wedding cantiga is a dialogue between the bride and those calling her...

Ah, siniora novia 2

From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 Kobi Zarco, Orit Perlman: voice Yarden Erez : ud, guitar, gumbush; violin, keyboard and arrangements Zeev Yaniv : darbuqa, sonaja, bendir, cajón This wedding cantiga is a...

Ahi, ahi, a los campos

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: NSA Y 5842b/8 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 199, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a partial version of a wedding song, emphasizing the...

Ajuar Nuevo 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2185/7 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle pg. 84, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak. This North Moroccan dowry song describes how the...

Ajuar Nuevo 2

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This North Moroccan dowry song describes how the dowry is laid out before the future mother in law and sister in law. The bride...

Ajugar de novia galana 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc1038/5 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 189, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This song is sung when the dowry of the bride is being exhibited.

Ajugar de novia galana 2

From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 Kobi Zarco: voice Yarden Erez : ud, guitar, gumbush, violin, keyboard and arrangements Zeev Yaniv : darbuqa, sonaja, bendir, cajón Sung during the exhibition of the bride’s...

Al kahl me entri

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: YcD2980/15 Sung to one of the many melodies of the High Holiday liturgical poem: Ben Adam ma Lecha Nirdam. This lyric song expresses the devotion and spiritual experiences in the...

Alegre m’alegre

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: YCD2799b/3 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 159, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a children's game song, the looser is the one who speaks...

Alhad dublo y guadro

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 5884/60 This song describes the wife's chores of the week as she describes them to her husband, while she longs to work on her beautiful embroidery. On Shabbat, the...

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