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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Alvantes una manianica + De que estas tan demudada

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 Two songs which address the...

Ansina dice la nuestra novia 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5436/4 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 222, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. During the bride’s bath, an event attended only by women, that, in both the...

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...

Aqui mete coco la gallinica 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5977a/31 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 143, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. Playing with the baby's fingers, starting with stroking the child's palm, and then...

Aqui mete coco la gallinica 2

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5977b/37 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 143, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. Playing with the baby's fingers, starting with stroking the child's palm, and then...

Arbolicos de iasmin

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: CD4508/3

Arrelumbre y arrelumbre 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 2910/10 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 62, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak. This North Moroccan wedding song, celebrates the...

Arrelumbre y arrelumbre 2

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 2186/8 Referenced and notated in: Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle, pg. 63, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1989 Susana Weich-Shahak. This North Moroccan wedding song, celebrates the...