Re: April release of Moroccan music

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

I wonder if this is the recording with notes by Judith Cohen that she
mentioned some time ago or if that is another recording.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Seth <rogovoy (at) berkshire(dot)net>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 12:30 PM
Subject: April release of Moroccan music


>This just in from the Rounder Records catalog....Is it Jewish music?
Rounder
>apparently thinks not (note FILE UNDER at end of listing)...
>
>Various Artists
>Sacred Music of the Moroccan Jews, From the Paul Bowles Collection
>Rounder 821 615 087-2 (2 CD-Set)
>Street Date: April 18, 2000
>In 1959, Paul Bowles recorded in Morocco a wide variety of music from
the
>different ethnic groups of that country, including the Jewish
communities of
>Mekness and Essaouira. The recordings include a live service for the
>conclusion of the Sabbath that affords the listener the opportunity
to
>experience the content and atmosphere of a Maghrebi synagogue, albeit
one
>reflecting the winds of change then underway among Moroccan Jews.
This
>two-CD set presents that service, as well as additional recordings of
>Andalusian Hebrew music. Edited by Edwin Seroussi, with the
assistance of
>Rabbi Meir Attiya -- one of the leading authorities and performers of
>Moroccan Jewish religious music in Israel today ? this set presents a
rare
>glimpse into one of the most venerable Jewish musical traditions.
>Tracks: CD 1: A Synagogue Service and Miscellaneous Religious Songs:
Evening
>service for the conclusion of the Sabbath; Egyptian melodies with
Hebrew
>texts; Religious songs in the Algerian (djiri) style. CD 2:
Andalusian
>Hebrew Music: Andalusian Hebrew music from Essaouira (Mogador); Treq
in
>Hijaz el kabir (from the compendium Yismah Yisrael)
>Available on CD. UPC number 6-82161-5087-2-6
>File Under: WORLD: AFRICA; MOROCCO
>
>
>--Seth Rogovoy
>
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