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Thread #22474   Message #2468078
Posted By: Jack Campin
17-Oct-08 - 06:07 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sephardic Songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sephardic Songs
There are some interesting Sephardic recordings coming out of Turkey. "Sefarad" are one band that have become extremely popular (using rather rocked-up arrangements and the image of a boy band, but hey, it works). And Kalan (www.kalan.com) have quite a few things, very well presented with multilingual notes.

And here's Joel Bresler's announcement of his site, as just posted to rec.music.early.

I am very pleased to announce the launch of my site,
www.sephardicmusic.org. The site chronicles the first 100 years of
commercial Sephardic recordings. It includes survey articles on the 78
and modern eras, a comprehensive discography of Sephardic 78s, and a
sample of what a proposed discography of modern-era recordings could
look like.

I have tried to take advantage of the web's multimedia capabilities to
expand well beyond the normal contents of a discography (artist,
title, place and date recorded, etc.) Wherever possible, I include
label graphics and sound samples. A Union Catalog feature shows which
public institutions own a particular recording, and I have normalized
the songs' titles so that users can find all versions of any given
song. Last, I have included information on the labels that published
these recordings, the artists that made them, and the stores that sold
them. I also included a relatively detailed discussion about the
question of Sephardic music as Medieval music. I will look forward to
your comments. I would also like to thank the list's management and
participants for the help provided me over the past decade.

Joel Bresler, Publisher
sephardicmusic.org
250 E. Emerson Road
Lexington, MA 02420
United States

www.sephardicmusic.org
1-781-862-4104 (Telephone & FAX)
joel.br@verizon.net
IN CASE OF VERIZON EMAIL PROBLEMS, PLEASE USE MY BACK-UP EMAIL:
joelbresler-at-gmail.com