The music of the Mediterranean and the Near East is the source from which Christian, Jewish and Muslim artists drank for centuries. Inexhaustible melodies, sensual rhythms and improvisation are combined in the pieces that Izmir plays. Izmir is composed of three interpreters who approach the long melodic and rhythmic tradition of the East, music from […]
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The Jews of Morocco left a legacy of traditional ballads of courtly love, lullabies and biblical songs sung in medieval Spanish when they emigrated to Israel. The combinations of these melodies are what musicians and music appreciators refer to as Sephardic music. While it is uncertain what Jews were singing in Iberia, it is certain […]
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Judy Frankel (1943-2008) Hanuka Lyrics: Mos viene la fiesta de la hanukía A todos mozos hinche de alegría. La mujer nunca manca de su taría Porqué a ella encombe hanukía. Los Hasmonayim en este luzio día Mostraron sus tan grande baraganía, Y siempre de ellos mos acodraremos Y al Dio grande siempre bendizeremos. Que plazer […]
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