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...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc 1620/5 The dirge tells of a woman born into misfortune and raised away from her mother, marked from birth by darkness and bad omens. Her arrival occurs on a...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc Y4508/22 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 73, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a partial version of a Romansa that describes the sadness of...
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Yc Y4508/22 Referenced and notated in: Romancero Sefardi de Oriente, pg. 72, Editorial Alpuerto, 2010 Susana Weich-Shahak. This is a Romansa that describes the sadness of King David on hearing...
From Morenika Izmirlia, 2021 This is a Romansa that describes the sadness of King David on hearing of the death of his son Avshalom. Used as a dirge for personal mourning or for collective mourning...