Mel Bay Ciclos: Music of the Sephardic Jews for Classic Guitar [Spiral-bound]

Daniel Akiva (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 5, 2003

Ciclos is a cycle of compositions and arrangements for classic guitar of the music of the Sephardic Jews. It represents several cycles that are connected to this culture: The life cycle, including lullabies, wedding songs and funeral songs; the yearly cycle, including the various holidays; and the cycle of Sephardic experience from the early Middle Ages until this century. The Sephardic Jews are the descendants of the Jews who were exiled from Spain in 1492. Their culture holds a rich musical heritage consisting of both sacred music in Hebrew and secular music in the local language. The ten tunes in the book are written in standard notation and separate tablature for a mixture of one or three guitars. Introductory notes tell the origin of each tune.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 120 pages
• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications (February 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786650893
• ISBN-13: 978-0786650897
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,314,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A+, December 20, 2008

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Shaaron Elisha "Ron" (Suffern, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mel Bay Ciclos: Music of the Sephardic Jews for Classic Guitar (Spiral-bound)

Great book, with music notation and tab, these are just a collection of classic guitar songs that they called sephardic, not really sure if they are genuinely of sephardic origin.