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.
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral This title of this Romance "The Poisoner", may imply that the lover died from passion and not from poison. This version was learnt from a recording...
From Arboleras - De las altas mares, Ecos Sefardies de la isle de Rodas, cd 2, 2009 A common fate for young men who in the beginning of the 20th century, set out in search...
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...
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 This North Moroccan dowry song describes how the dowry is laid out before the future mother in law and sister in law. The bride...
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...
From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 The copla on the Emigration to Palestine (La emigración a Palestina) is one of the coplas composed in the 20th century, portraying the history...
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...
From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 A song that expresses the Jewish community’s concern about marriage between Jews and Gentiles. The text clearly shows the difficulties in cooking, the abandonment...
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. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 Another traditional Sephardic song from the world of sewing and tailoring, about the making and sewing of buttons, one of the typical women's trades...
From Arboleras vol. 3, Sephardic songs from the 20th century, 2000 Among the trades, this song presents a character: the whitewasher, who is an ironic figure, since the lyrics say: "The whitewasher has dirty arms...