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45. Los amigos me dan esperanza (Çakum Effendi)
This şarki has hardly been documented, although it appears to have been quite popular…
46. Mi Dio a quien rogaré (Çakum Effendi)
A Turkish ghazel (transcription by Mehmet Sankılol) accompanied by a solo clarinet. Each…
58. La despedida (Isaac Algazi)
The author of this song, Dr. Maimon Levy, was an ophthalmologist, native of Corfu, who…
62. Cantes amargos (Isac Haim)
Considering its substantial documentation, it is evident that this song was very popular…
65. El baile de los falsos (Sida Musafija)
This is a Judeo-Spanish contrafact of an extremely popular dance melody of the early…
67. La seducida en la fuente (La Gloria)
See our notes to song no. 10 above. Unlike the version by the Compagnie Espagnole de…
68. Los árboles llorosos ( La Gloria)
See our notes to nos. 13 and 41 above. In La Gloria’s recording, the first two lines of…
74. La esperanza (La Gloria)
This is the earliest recording (1907) of a Judeo-Spanish version of the Zionist song…
76. La pipitera conversa (Bosanski Instrumentalni i Pjevački Terzett)
A rare song about a young Jewish woman “becoming Turk,” a subject found in other songs…
From Court and Tarikat to Synagogue: Ottoman Art Music and Hebrew Sacred Songs
An examination of the relation between the Jews and the Art Music in the Ottoman Empire…