from the Paul Bowles Collection of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress 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 Meknes 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 CD set presents that service, as well as additional recordings of Andalusian Hebrew music. Edited by Edwin Seroussi, with the assistance of Rabbi Meir Atiya, one of the leading authorities and performers of Moroccan Jewish religious music in Israel today, these CD set presents a rare glimpse into one of the most venerable Jewish musical traditions. Selections on these discs include:

Sung by the Cantor, singers and congregation of the Ben Amara synagogue of Meknes Yitgadal ve-yitqadash; Zakhur le-tov ya'ir neri; 'Uri ayyumah nirdama; Ya'ala, ya'ala bo'i le-ganni; Akhzar hehemar li mishkan ehrivo; Barekhu et Adonay ha-mevorakh / Birkat Ma'ariv 'aravim / Birkat Ahavah; Ahavat 'olam; Ki hem hayyenu / Shema' Yisrael / Birkat Ge'ulah; Rau banim et gevurato; Ashkivenu; Mizmor le-David; Ashrei ish lo yshkahekha ; El hay ram gado; Petihah or Mawwal (overture) in Moroccan Judeo-Arabic; Unidentified song in Moroccan Judeo-Arabic; Shemesh 'osa; Yitgadal ve-itqadash

Sung by the Jewish communities of Meknes and Essaouira 'Aneh shav'ati yah u-shema; Yaftiru sefatay; Lammah yad annasim ramah; Shahar abaqeshkha; Yad bat ahuvah; Mishpat 'avadim le-qonaiv;Yah sokhi hakem; Ashir be-mesharim; Lekha essa 'eynai be-khol 'et ve-'ona; Shir le-ayelet ahavim; Paniti be-rov oni; Kokhav 'uzzkha hen 'alah ; Yonah tammah sorerekh aggan; Sut ga'avah yah / Podeh Adonay nefesh 'avadav; El shokhen shamayyim; Hohil la-el be-khol yom; Melekh meromam; Annah 'alay tela'ot gaveru; Ra'ayati hinakh yafah; Ahallel shem ha-el tzur 'ote ora; Shofet tzedeq el ne'eddari; Av shur le-qol tor; Mar'ot binah; Lammah 'edah; Annah hemlat qoni; Qarev aluf; Ra'ayati hinakh yafah; Al me henasta; Qol besorat kamah; Qumi yehidati lehallel; Ya'akov yagel Yisrael yismah; Sheshet yemei ma'aseh; Meshiah ben David; Eftah pi ve-abbia' hiddot; Na'amah bein ha- shemashot; Yah ram ve-eliyon; 'Edah pezurah; Baharu mivhar; Yah gadel nitradah; Noten la-ya'af; Esh'alah lig'ulah; Dod ve- ahuv; Shirah patzu sefatay; Ba 'et ha-zamir; Matay yebusar; Annah 'ozreni el; Az shar Moshe ve-Yisrael; Shoreru shir la-el ne'edar ba-qoddesh; Yomar na Yisrael; Shomer shabbat u- mekhabdo

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