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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Oi decir que bodas hay aqui

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y6128/9 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 201, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. Text: Oí decir que bodas hay por aquí, vengo a ver, que vivan...

Oy, que buena que fue la hora 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2091/11 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 252, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. A dialogue between groom and bride in alternate stanzas, this wedding cantiga structured...

Oy, que buena que fue la hora 2

From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 A dialogue between groom and bride in alternate stanzas, this wedding cantiga structured in a Balkan asymmetrical meter of 9/8 (2+2+2+3), , describes the gifts that the...

Oy que casas, oy que buena 3

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 Here are two consecutive Bulgarian wedding songs, the first describes the beauty of the bridal home and the importance of dancing and celebration, and...

Oy, que relumbror

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: YCD7410/15 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 262, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This wedding song celebrates the beauty of the bride (like the star Diana)...

Parida esta la parida

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5457/1 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 34, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak. This song precedes the ritual of circumcision, praising...