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From Destruction to Rebuilding in the Iberian Peninsula
… in Gibraltar, through a study of three musical examples from the community repertoire and the comparison of these examples with other musical sources from the greater Spanish and Portuguese tradition. The … just two centuries after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal. The article will characterize the …
Qinot Performed by Hazzan Abraham Beniso
… Peninsula, just two centuries after the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal. This distinctive community thrived, …
Abraham Beniso
… holiday- Rosh hashana … Wedding … 40944 … Sephardic cantor from Gibraltar … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanut, …
Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues
… had been readmitted to England in 1655 following Oliver Cromwell’s new policy after being banned since 1290. By … ) R. Solomon Abudarham II (d. 1804) who had immigrated from Morocco in 1790 became the Chief Rabbi of the British … As most buildings in Gibraltar, all the synagogue suffered from natural disasters as well as from periodical sieges by …
39-40. David llora a Absalón
… This romance about King David who is in anguish while expecting news from his son, Absalom, is based on a Biblical episode (2 … death. The first version is only a short fragment of this romance. … 39-40. David llora a Absalón …
Irme quiero, la mi madre (La choza del desesperado)
… This is a romance formulated in the first person, interspersed by …
35-36. La doncella moribunda
… of a mourning song for a young maiden. The first version, from Rhodes, retains a rather complete text: “Like a rose in … cried on seeing such an angel die.” The second version, from Istanbul, consists of only one strophe, a variant of the …
De qué estás tan demudada (La novia demudada)
… “Why are you so pale?” The bride answers: “I am pale from my lover, with a bunch of cloves.” And once again she is … “Why is your hair so tangled?” And her answer: “Tangled from my beloved, with a bunch of cloves.” … Judeo-Spanish …
28-30. Licencia para la novia
… of this theme are included in this collection, one from Rhodes and two from Bulgaria. The first one refers to the bride’s farewell from all members of her family, neighbors and friends: “With …
Con grande vergüenza (La despedida de la novia + Consejos a la recién casada)
… bride and her mother. At the time of the bride’s farewell from her parents, her mother offers her advice. The bride … mother responds: “Watch, my daughter and pay attention, from someone else’s son—you will make your own family. When …