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 la libertad se dio

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd1, 2009

Cuando Moshe Rabeinu 2

From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 Orit Perlman : voice Yarden Erez : ud, guitar, gumbush; violin, keyboard and arrangements Zeev Yaniv : darbuqa, sonaja, bendir, cajón This is a copla sung on...

De la faja saliras 2

From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 Kobi Zarco : voice Yarden Erez : ud, guitar, gumbush; violin, keyboard and arrangements Zeev Yaniv : darbuqa, sonaja, bendir, cajón A rare lullaby expressing good...

De que nace el chiquitico

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd1, 2009 A copla sung on the night before the circumcision, the "noche de viola" or "shemira". The strophes are ordered...

De sintir la buena djente 2

From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 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,...

Dia de martes

From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 This song is a clear description of the tragic events in the Balkan War against Bulgaria of 1912-1913, and especially of the suffering of...

Dia de Shabat la tadre (El incendio de Salonica) 1

From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. The fires left a deep mark on the communities affected by the disaster; in the songs, there are numerous references to the events related to the destruction of Salonica....

Dia de Shabat la tadre (El incendio de Salonica) 2

From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 The fires left a deep mark on the communities affected by the disaster; in the songs, there are numerous references to the events related...

El Dio alto

From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 The copla called The Night of Alhad (Noche de Alhad) is sung at the end of Shabbat to mark the transition to the coming of the...

Empezar quero a contar

From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. This tells the Purim story of Haman and Mordechai. This was the first printed copla first published around the year 1700 and reprinted until 1923. The verses are in...

Esta noche de Purim 3

From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. 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...

Esta noche de Purim 4

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This a a humorous and festive copla from North Morocco, celebrating the downfall of Haman and the joy of the Jewish people. Haman here...

Esta noche es alabada 2

From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd1, 2009 One of the Coplas de Parida (Songs for the mother of the newborn), sung during the last night before...

Esterelica Sarfati

From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This is a tragic story of a scandalous affair between a man who left his wife for Esterilika (Esterina) Serfati.

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