Various Artists - Ballads Wedding Piyyutim / Various - Music & Performance - CD

The songs on this 1983 Folkways release are both soulful and haunting, reminders of a "golden age" prior to 1492, when Jews were expelled from Spain. The Jews of Tetuan, which became one of the most important Jewish communities in North Africa, preserved the old ballads in Medieval Spanish, and for daily use spoke an updated idiom. Here women sing romance and ritual songs a cappella, while a cantor from Tangier performs the piyyutim, the religious poetry written in Hebrew by the great Medieval Jewish writers and sung in the synagogue during services. Liner notes include song lyrics in Spanish and their English translation as well as a history of the Jewish presence in Morocco and northern Africa.

The songs on this 1983 Folkways release are both soulful and haunting, reminders of a "golden age" prior to 1492, when Jews were expelled from Spain. The Jews of Tetuan, which became one of the most important Jewish communities in North Africa, preserved the old ballads in Medieval Spanish, and for daily use spoke an updated idiom. Here women sing romance and ritual songs a cappella, while a cantor from Tangier performs the piyyutim, the religious poetry written in Hebrew by the great Medieval Jewish writers and sung in the synagogue during services. Liner notes include song lyrics in Spanish and their English translation as well as a history of the Jewish presence in Morocco and northern Africa.

Performer	Various Artists
Music genre	World / Reggae
Media format	CD
Original release date	1983
Language	Spanish
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	String of Meron Tunes: Vocal Imitation of Instrumental Music: Abu's Hotser, Amar Rabbi Akiva, Wa'amartem Koh Le-Hay, Turkish Tune, Schaeffer's Niggun: Meron Dance Tune, Tune for Leading the Bridegroom, Mazltov - Mazeltov, T'hies Ha-Meysim - Resurrection of the Dead, Brogez Tants, Slow Hora: Instrumental Tune, Yearning Tune of the Habbad Hassidim, Jester's Tune for the Mitzvah Tants, Rejoicing Tune to Lo Tevosi, Dance Tune, Waltz of the Modzhith Hassidim, Mitzvah Tants: Mis-Sod Hakamim, Ya'amod (Jesting), Bore Olam Be-Qinyan
Record label	Folkways Records
Songwriter	Ballads Wedding Piyyutim / Var
Occasion	Wedding
Track name	So Says the Bride, In the House of My Father, Although I Gave Him My Hand, I Bathed at the River's Edge, One Kid, I Arose on a Monday, Moses Left Egypt, The King Has a Daughter, Our Lord, Elohenu
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N