Re:Judeo Arabic/North African music

[Judith Cohen <judithrc...>]

Hi, first, thanks for the kind words, Ari!! Glad you liked our concert!! 
They're actually both separate and not separate. Judeo-Arabic songs are, 
first of all, in Judeo-Arabic (not Judeo-Spanish/haketia - often 
ERRONEOUSLY called Moroccan Ladino). They share some melodies, and 
especially for wedding and liturgical/semi-liturgical songs, some 
rhythms as well; and sometimes you hear Judeo-Spanish translations of 
Judeo-Arabic songs; but mostly it's quite a different repertoire, 
corresponding roughly to the difference between the former Spanish 
Protectorate (the North - Tangier, Tetuan, and the area) and the former 
French zone ( the rest). There is a good CD of piyyutim by Albert 
Bouadahana (I think, have to check) and a few others (Emil Zrihan on 
Piranha) - but these are mostly in Hebrew; there's less Judeo-Arabic on 
recordings. And, to my knowledge, none of WOMEN's repertoire in J-Ar 
except a couple of cuts on the old Westminster "In Israel Today" series, 
now reissued on CD ;(but Joel has more discographic info at his 
fingertips than I do in this and I'm sure he'll be sending it in, maybe 
typing at this very minute); also the fabulous old recordings made by 
Paul Bowles will eventually be issued (a colleague and I are doing the 
jacket notes, but it won't be tomorrow or anything!) Take care, thanks 
again, Judith


>From: Ari Davidow <ari (at) ivritype(dot)com>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re:Judeo Arabic/North African music
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 16:26:27 -0400
>
>>Are there any people on this list interested in Judeo Arabic/north 
African
>>....Moroccan music?
>
>Absolutely! In fact, I had the pleasure last week of listing to a
>lecture/concert by list member Judith Cohen (accompanied by her 
>daughter), who is very knowledgeable (and performs wonderfully
>well) in just that area. Well, more Judeo-Spanish, but I'm not
>sure the degree to which they are separate.
>
>ari
>
>Ari Davidow
>The klezmer shack: http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/
>owner: jewish-music mailing list
>e-mail: ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
>
>
>

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