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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Cuando Moshe Rabeinu 1

This is a copla sung on the festivity of Shavuot, commemorating Matan Tora, the biblical event in which God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses at Mount Sinai.

Dak il tas

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: CD2980/39 This rare Hanuka copla presents the drink and delicacies that are prepared for the festive occasion: chicken and roast meat (tandur, Tur.) that the muchachas - girls, offer on...

De sintir la buena djente 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 3980/9b The copla of the Debate of the Vegetables (El debate de las verduras) belongs to a group of debate coplas that include exchanges between flowers, colors, and other...

Eloheinu shebashamayim

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc1402/31 This is one of the songs sung at the end of the Passover meal. It is a cumulative song which is performed at length, thus complying with the rabbinical...

Es razon de alabar 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y6486b/24 The Ketubah of the Torah was composed in the 18th century, written by Rabbi Judah Leon Kalai. It is customary to sing it at home, with the whole family...

Esta noche de Purim 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5773/10 Referenced and notated in: En Buen Siman, Panorama del Repertorio Musical Sefardi, pg. 101, Pardes Publishing House, 2006 This a a humorous and festive copla from North Morocco, celebrating...

Esta noche de Purim 2

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y7888/2 This a a humorous and festive copla from North Morocco, celebrating the downfall of Haman and the joy of the Jewish people. Haman here is the protagonist, foreseeing all...

Esta noche es alabada 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y5842a-C 232 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 103, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. One of the Coplas de Parida (Songs for the mother of the...

Esterina Serfati

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: YCD2980/41 This is a tragic story of a scandalous affair between a man who left his wife for Esterina Serfati.

Hablad mi madre1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: NSA Yc 1188/6 Hablad mi madre, based on the liturgical poem composed in the 12th century by Rabbi Judah ibn Abbas of Fez, is chanted on Rosh Hashanah and in...

Hablad mi madre2

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: NSA Y2059 Hablad mi madre, based on the liturgical poem composed in the 12th century by Rabbi Judah ibn Abbas of Fez, is chanted on Rosh Hashanah and in some...

Hi Tora lanu nitana 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc0931/22 This copla for Shavuot and Simchat Tora, the holiday for the receiving of the Torah, begins with a verse in Hebrew, the first line of which, Hi Torá lanu...

Irme quero

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y2931/1 A song of longing for Jerusalem, used to be sung on the night of the "mortaja", when people gathered in a feast to prepare the shrouds for the old...

La mujer de Terah 1

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 5982a/44 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 118, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This copla, connected to the circumcision ritual, recounts a Talmudic legend about...

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