The Spanish and the Sephardic Romances: Musical Links
Judith Etzion|Susana Weich-Shahak
'This study was made possible through a grant from the Moreshet Project of Diaspora Research Institute (Tel Aviv University). We would like to express our deep gratitude for their support and encouragement. 2After expulsion, Sephardic Jews settled throughout Mediterranean region. Their communities are geographically classified as Eastern (comprising Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Israel) Western (Algeria, Tangier, Morocco). Most dispersed or perished during World War II; majority region emigrated Israel 1950s. 3See Menendez Pidal 1953,1954, 1957-78 his lifelong, monumental Romancero. For subsequent monographic studies Romancero, see Armistead 1978, Sanchez Romeralo et al. 1980, Diego Catalan 1982-84. 4For most notable collections romance tunes (including which incorporated in literary historical studies), Ortega 1919; Levy 1959-73; Larrea Palacin 1952; Benichou 1968; Hemsi 1932-73 (arranged voice piano); 1978 (vol. 3); Silverman 1979; Armistead, Silverman, Katz, 1986; Katz 1972-75, 1979b; Benmayor 1953 1).
Ethno-musicology