Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 2774/18 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 172, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is nocturnal love song of tenderness and stealth, where the young...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/9 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 97, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. This Romansa, titled La vuelta del marido ("The Husband’s Return"), tells a story familiar...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/3,9 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 98, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. The medieval story of the long gone husband who returns and, without making himself...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/7 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 109, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. In the Sephardic tradition, the combination of two ballads is very frequent, the first...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/6 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 92, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a song of a slave’s longing for his wife Tamar Pesá, mother...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/2 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 268, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a song of parting of the bride from her family and...
This is a partial rendition of The Ketubah of the Torah, which was composed in the 18th century, written by Rabbi Judah Leon Kalai. It is customary to sing it at home, with the whole...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc2774/14 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 115, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. This romance tells of how the mother in law plots against her daughter in...
Jerusalem's National Library Sound Archive placement: Yc 2774/22 Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 234, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This wedding song weaves together several recurring themes: A reference to...