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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