Coplas

Coplas are a unique Jewish genre that developed after the expulsion from Spain, flourishing mainly in the 18th century. Written my men, this genre deals with social and historical and traditional topics from biblical sources, therefor the abundance of Hebrew words. Coplas have complex literary structures, sometimes including acrostics, rhymes, and repeated choruses. Coplas were printed in booklets dedicated to holidays or other themes.

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Abram Avinu

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This Copla speaks to the discovery of Abraham of the one God. This is a partial version learned through the recording of Hanna Malaj.

Ahi en el midbar

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009 This Shavuot copla tells of Moses’s courage as he ascended to the heavens to receive the Torah. The...

Ajuntanronse las flores

From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. This copla, which serves a paraliturgical function, is traditionally sung at home around the table during the holiday of Tu Bishvat. It offers a charming...

Alabar quero al Dio 2

From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. With its characteristic nine line asymmetrical rhythm and structure of a Purim copla, this song combines several themes: the story of Haman who wished to destroy the people of...

Alabar quero al Dio 3

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 With its characteristic nine line asymmetrical rhythm and structure of a Purim copla, this song combines several themes: the story of Haman who wished...

Alavar quero al Dio que es grande de loores 4

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This copla, which serves a paraliturgical function, is traditionally sung at home around the table during the holiday of Tu Bishvat. It offers a...

Alta, alta va la luna

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd1, 2009 This is a philosophical song about the passage of time.

Anios de sesentos

From Arboleras vol. 1, Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition, 1996 This copla chronicles of one of the fires that struck the Jewish communities in the Balkans. The first line gives the date of the...

Ay mi padre ay mi madre 3

From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023 This is a copla for the Bar mitsva ceremony. The boy asks his parents to prepare a room for him to study reading and writing. The recurring refrain repeats: “I...

Buena semana mos del Dio 2

From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. This North Moroccan havdala song is sung around the table at home asking for blessings for the new week.

Canta, gallico, canta 2

From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2024 A song sung on the morning before the circumcision, awaiting the rooster’s crow to signal the end of the final and perilous night preceding the rite. The baby’s qualities are...

Con grandes dificultades a Palestina entrimos

From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 One of the first songs (composed by Beni Benayora, one of the first promoters of the new settlements) that tells of the difficulties of...

Cuando el rey Nimrod 2

From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. This copla is likely influenced by late Midrashic sources, such as the Sefer HaYashar, which place Abraham’s birth in Ur Kasdim during the reign of King Nimrod, son of...

Cuando la libertad

From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 The great change that military reform brought to Turkey in 1908, with the rebellion of the "Young Turks" and the abolition of exemption from...

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