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...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral This romansa, titled La vuelta del marido ("The Husband’s Return"), tells a story familiar throughout European balladry: the long-awaited return of a husband. Set among gentle...
From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd2, 2009 A debate between the two mothers in law, the groom's mother is criticizing the dowry prepared for the bride:...
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This song is about the bride's farewell from her family, as she leaves her home to go to live at her husband's house.
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral This is a partial rendition of this romance, where the husband leaves his wife. It has a widespread geographical distribution in Sephardic culture, sung in both...
From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009 During the bride’s bath, an event attended only by women, that, in both the Eastern and Western Sephardic...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral The romance tells the story of the rape of the noble Roman lady Lucretia by Tarquin Sextus (son of the last king of Rome, Tarquin the...
From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009 A philosophical love song, where the singer wanders by night with a golden lantern, consumed by love and...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral There are no known ancient Hispanic versions of this ballad, but it is preserved in the Moroccan tradition with a few differences, such as the groom...
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 Typical of the cantigas genre, the order of the strophes are not necessarily important. The text speaks of the sand paths in Sirkigi, where...
From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009 This cantiga expresses the longing of a lover left behind while her beloved emigrates overseas, likely to Buenos...
From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd1, 2009 This romance exists only in Sephardic tradition. It presents an impossible list of architectural demands that make the poor...