Las canciones sefardíes y el ciclo de la vida. (Repertorio judea-español de Oriente y Occidente)

In the rich musical repertoire, sung in Judeo Spanish, and preserved in oral tradition by the Sephardic Jews, numerous songs are related to the ceremonies that accompany che passage rites which define stages of the life-cyde: birth, marriage, and death. This article studies and compares severa! examples, selected from this functional repertoire of the Sephardic Jews (from both, the East and West Mediterranean areas), which were collected by the author, in Israel. Musical and textual transcriptions and analisis of the examples are provided, stressing the functionality of these song in the life cyde of the Sephardic Communities.