Sephardic music
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Sephardic music is the traditional musical repertoire of the Sephardic Jewish communities, blending Iberian, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern influences and often featuring songs in Ladino.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mizrahi piyyutim | 1 |
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish music tradition
ⓘ
Sephardic Jewish culture ⓘ folk music tradition ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithCommunity |
Sephardi Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Sephardim
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form:
Sephardic Jews
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form:
Western Sephardim
|
| associatedWithReligion | Judaism ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
modal melodies
ⓘ
narrative lyrics ⓘ ornamented vocal lines ⓘ strophic song forms ⓘ use of traditional modes ⓘ |
| developedAfter |
expulsion of Jews from Portugal in 1497
ⓘ
expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
Iberian Peninsula
ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin |
Sephardi Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Sephardic Jews
|
| hasFunction |
communal identity
ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ life-cycle rituals ⓘ religious expression ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
cantigas
ⓘ
coplas ⓘ festival songs ⓘ liturgical songs ⓘ lullabies ⓘ paraliturgical songs ⓘ romance ballads ⓘ wedding songs ⓘ |
| hasGeographicDistribution |
Balkans
ⓘ
Greece ⓘ Israel ⓘ Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean region
Middle East ⓘ Morocco ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Turkey ⓘ diaspora communities ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Arab music
ⓘ
Greek music ⓘ Iberian music ⓘ Mediterranean music ⓘ Middle Eastern music ⓘ North African music ⓘ Ottoman classical music ⓘ Spanish folk music ⓘ Turkish music ⓘ |
| hasNotableSong |
Adio Kerida
ⓘ
Durme Durme ⓘ La Rosa Enflorece ⓘ Los Bilbilicos ⓘ |
| hasPreservationEffort |
academic research on Ladino song
ⓘ
ethnomusicological fieldwork ⓘ recordings by diaspora musicians ⓘ |
| influenced |
Israeli popular music
ⓘ
contemporary world music ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ashkenazi Jewish music
ⓘ
Mizrahi music ⓘ |
| transmittedBy | oral tradition ⓘ |
| typicalInstrument |
accordion
ⓘ
darbuka ⓘ flute ⓘ frame drum ⓘ guitar ⓘ oud ⓘ qanun ⓘ violin ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
Hebrew
ⓘ
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) ⓘ
surface form:
Judeo-Spanish
Ladino ⓘ local languages of host countries ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mizrahi piyyutim