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Posting Song Sheet - "El Suenyo de la Hija del Rey"

John Erlich - 5-14-2013 at 01:51 PM

I am posting my transcription of a Sephardic Jewish melody, “El Suenyo de al Hija del Rey.” It is a short and simple melody, but quite beautiful, IMHO. It is associated with the Jewish communities of Salonika/Thessaloniki in Greece and Smyrna/Izmir in Turkey.

Some of the sources describe the song as an adaptation of a Greek ballad.

Here are two sample recordings:

Savina Yannatou: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtHV9PtKUSE

Françoise Atlan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAFtWUUDWYw

Ladino lyrics and English translation here:
http://zemerl.com/cgi-bin/show.pl?title=El+Suenyo+Profetico+(El+Rey+de+Francia+tres+hijas+tenia)

Enjoy!

Peace out,
“Udi” John

John Erlich - 5-24-2013 at 11:41 AM

I notice an error in my manuscript. The first two notes win the 3rd bar of the song should be A - B flat (not G - A). I will correct the manucript and re-post.

Thx,
J

John Erlich - 1-16-2014 at 10:28 AM

Finally getting around to re-posting the corrected song sheet. I will post a separate sheet with the lyrics and translations. Enjoy!

Best,
"Udi" John

John Erlich - 1-16-2014 at 10:33 AM

Here are the Ladino lyrics, with modern Spanish and English translations:

BaniYazid - 1-18-2014 at 05:16 AM

Like it !
Thank you John

Salam