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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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 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...

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 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...

Alvantes una manianica + De que estas tan demudada

Ansina dice la nuestra novia 2

From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 During the bride’s bath, an event attended only by women, that, in both the Eastern and Western Sephardic traditions, a cumulative song is performed. Similar to...

Arvolikos d’almendra + Ygdal Elohim hai

From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 A love song and its melody is used for the performance of a liturgical poem (piyut) as was done in many cases in what is called "contrafacta".

Asi biva ham liachi (bar minan)

From Morenika Izmirlia, 2021 A lyrical cantiga modeled after Turkish songs, composed of several loosely connected stanzas that touch on varied themes: a plea to a matchmaker for a suitable bride, a young woman’s impatience...

Avre la puerta del kubush 2

From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 This is a lyrical cantiga of disconnected stanzas, with Turkish words included in the text. The second stanza alludes to military service, since he has weapons...

Bueno, asi viva la consuegra 3

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd2, 2009 A debate between the two mothers in law, the groom's mother is criticizing the dowry prepared for the bride:...

Caminando por la plaza

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009

Canta, gallico, canta 3

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009 A song for the morning before the circumcision, waiting for the cock to sing and announce the end...

Con muncha licencia 3

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This song is about the bride's farewell from her family, as she leaves her home to go to live at her husband's house.

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