Sephardic Music: Cultural Convergence In Song In French
April 19 07:43 AM
Venue
Alliance Française
Toronto, ON
Event Details
LECTURE - TALK IN FRENCH
SEPHARDIC MUSIC: CULTURAL CONVERGENCE IN SONG
Sephardic music is the product of cultural confluences from around the globe. Its roots can be traced back to the medieval Iberian world, but they are also found in diasporic Jewish communities in Morocco, Greece, Turkey, the Balkans, and the Americas.
By Judith R. Cohen performer and ethnomusicologist specializing in Judeo-Spanish Sephardic songs, as well as in medieval and traditional music, including Balkan, Portuguese, Yiddish, and French Canadian songs.