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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Tres clavinas 2

From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 Typical of cancionero, this song has stanzas of various unconnected themes: one stanza presents the three carnations (the red one, for the beginning of love), another,...

Tres clavinas 3

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 Typical of a cantigas the verses are not necessary directly related to each other nor in a specific order, though the topic circles around...

Tu madre cuando te pario (Adio) 2

From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 This song of love and despair, has the melody of an aria from Verdi's opera, La Traviata.

Un cabretico 3

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009 This is the ladino version of the serial song Had Gadya, which appears in the Hagada of Passover...

Una pastora yo ami 2

From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 This Ladino cantiga comes from a Greek musical that was translated into Judeo-Spanish and performed in Izmir in 1903. The musical itself was adapted from an...

Una, Yo no hablo con ninguna

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009 This serial cantiga is a playful courtship song structured as a count from one to seven. In each...

Ventanas Altas, Adon Olam 2

From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. This love song, which tells of a diamond ring given to a beloved named Marika in the repeated chorus, includes Greek lyrics that hint at its origins in Saloniki....

Viaje grande, viaje chiko

From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 Orit Perlman : voice Yarden Erez : guitar

Viva Orduenia 2

From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. A dance song performed at weddings in which the dance movements follow the actions described in the text such as scattering the grains of wheat,...

Ya salio de la mar 4

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 A song for the bride's ritual bath, typically filled with images of sensuality and beauty.

Ya salio de la mar 5

From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. A song for the bride's ritual bath, typically filled with images of sensuality and beauty.

Ya se va el haham

From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 The song Las compras del rabino (Ya se va el haham) presents the Rabbi's purchases on his trips to different places to bring gifts for his...

Ya se va el rabino

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 The song Las compras del rabino (Ya se va el rabino) presents the Rabbi's purchases on his trips to different places to bring gifts...

Yo queria desayuno

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

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