[HANASHIR:11734] Re: Looking for the Perfect Ladino Wedding Song...

[Shirona <shirona...>]

Hi Josh,

Mazal tov on your upcoming wedding!   How about the song "Morenica"?  The
text is derived from Shir Hashirim, very sensual...Great upbeat song!

-Shirona
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Miller" <jmiller (at) songleaders(dot)org>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 11:48 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:11732] Looking for the Perfect Ladino Wedding Song...


> Hey Hanashirites!
>
> My fiance and I would really like to add a Ladino song to our wedding
> ceremony coming later this summer, but have been struggling to find
> something that (a) has appropriate (upbeat) lyrics (b) would sound lovely
> performed a capella or maybe with a little guitar and (c) has a melody we
like.
>
> We really like the melody of Los Bilbilicos, but the lyric "my souls
> withers away suffering from love" makes us think that it's not quite
> wedding ceremony material. :)
>
> Scalerica de Oro is our top choice right now being a traditional wedding
> song, but we're less into the tune, and the lyrics are a bit specific
about
> how the "bride has no money and no dowry, but we wish them well anyway".
> Most of my fiance's family members are fluent in Spanish, so we are
> hesitant to have this one sung. :)
>
> Any Ladino music gurus out there have any alternate suggestions we could
> look into?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> - Josh Miller
>    jmiller (at) songleaders(dot)org
>    Evanston, Illinois
>
>
>


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