Songs written or composed
Gracia — חסד
- Author:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Composer:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Genre:
- Pop/Femmenist/Love
- Additional song notes:
- Grace
Chika Morena — שחרחורת
- Also known as:
- Shakhorkhot
- Also known as:
- Black Haired Girl
- Author:
- Raviv, T. — רביב, ט.
- Author:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Author:
- Marc Kakon
- Composer:
- Shapirovits, E.
- Composer:
- Rodriguez, Roberto Luis
- Genre:
- Spehardic
- Subject:
- Dark Beauty/Hair/
- Additional song notes:
- Burnette, Marc Kakon-Poetry
Recordings
- On album:
- T-019(a) (Tamara Songs of a Soviet Jewess)
- Track ID:
- 6129
- Vocal:
- Tamara
- Piano:
- Shalit, Vladimir
- Language:
- Hebrew
- On album:
- Y-002(c) (Yaffa Yarkoni Remembers — חרחורת כשיפה ירקוני היתה יפה גוסטין)
- Track ID:
- 13483
- Author/Composer:
- Raviv, T. — רביב, ט.
- Artist:
- Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
- On album:
- E-012(b) (Eclectricity Liktnut - Niguneh — לקטנות - נגינה)
- Track ID:
- 13484
- Author:
- Raviv, T. — רביב, ט.
- Composer:
- Shapirovits, E.
- Artist:
- Eclectricity
- Artist:
- Miriam Sturm
- Artist:
- Schwartz, Bill, Bob Lucas
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- On album:
- I-011(a)1 (Thirty Years Of Song From Israel (First Album of Two) — שלושים שנה - השירים היפים)
- Track ID:
- 13485
- Author/Composer:
- Raviv, T. — רביב, ט.
- Artist:
- Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
- Arranger:
- Shapirovitz, Eddy — שפּירוביץ, אדי
- On album:
- J-022(c) (The Real Complete Jewish Party Collection / Volume III / David & The High Spirit)
- Track ID:
- 22169
- Author/Composer:
- Raviv, T. — רביב, ט.
- Artist:
- David & The High Spirit
- Track comment:
- Shakhorkhot/ La Compersita/ Papirosn
- On album:
- B-084(a) (Timna Brauer & Elias Meiri Ensemble Jewish Spirituals)
- Track ID:
- 27202
- Author:
- Raviv, T. — רביב, ט.
- Composer:
- Shapirovits, E.
- Vocal:
- Brauer, Timna
- Artist:
- Elias Meiri Ensemble
- First line:
- הבּן יקיר לי אפרים אם ילד שׁעשׁוּעים כּי מדי דבּרי בּוֹ שכר...
- On album:
- Y-056(a) (Yaroslav Yakubovic/Songs of the Land Israeli Tunes — אלבום שירי הארץ)
- Track ID:
- 39258
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Sephardic
- Length:
- 3:09
- On album:
- A-078(a) (Sarah Aroste / Gracia)
- Track ID:
- 37283
- Lead Vocals, Back Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- percussion:
- Rony Iwryn
- Piano, String arrangment, Keyboards and programming:
- Shai Bachar
- Zurna:
- Amir Gwirtzman
- Strings:
- Lea Gadaev Ensemble
- Bass, Acoustic and Electric Guitar,Spoken Word-Poetry&Author:
- Marc Kakon
- Oud:
- Amos Hoffman
- First line:
- So la chika morena, La de kaveyos largos
- First line (Ladino):
- I am the dark beauty, The one with the long hair
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 4:51
Tu Portret
- Author:
- Matilda Koen-Sarano
- Composer:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Genre:
- sephardic
- Additional song notes:
- Your Portrait
Recording
- On album:
- A-078(a) (Sarah Aroste / Gracia)
- Track ID:
- 37288
- lead vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- percussion:
- Rony Iwryn
- tenor saxaphone:
- Greg Wall
- piano, keyboards:
- Shai Bachar
- First line:
- El dia de mi partites, Tu portet a mi deshates
- First line (Ladino):
- The day that you abandoned me Your Portrait was all you left.
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 3:52
El Leon Ferido
- Author:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Composer:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Genre:
- Sephardic
- Additional song notes:
- inspired by the poem "Wounded Lion" by Samuel Ha-Nagid
Arvoles
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love/Arranged Marriage
- Additional song notes:
- Missing You
Recordings
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37293
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano and Vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Qanun:
- Hicham Chami
- Drums:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- Arvoles lloran por lluvias Y montanas por aires, ansi lloran los mis ojos por ti
- First line (Ladino):
- trees weep for rain, and mountains fie air, so my eyes weep for you
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 3:45
- On album:
- K-152(a) (Mor Karbasi/ Daughter of the Spring)
- Track ID:
- 39424
- First line:
- Arvoles yoran por luvias I montanyas por ayres ansi yoran los mis ojos
- First line (Ladino):
- Trees cry for rain Mountains for air and my eyes cry for you my love
- Language:
- Ladino
- Length:
- 4:13
- On album:
- L-084(a) (Sefardic Folk Songs sung by Gloria Levy)
- Track ID:
- 41130
- Language:
- Ladino
- Length:
- 1:53
Thessaloniki
- Author:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Genre:
- Ladino/Classic Sphardic
Recording
- On album:
- A-078(c) (Sarah Saroste / Puertas)
- Track ID:
- 37352
- First line (Ladino):
- Thessaloniki land I know monastir I cry you hello
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Sephardic
- Length:
- 3:50
Other tracks with this artist
La Vida Do Por El Raki
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Genre:
- Sephardic
- Additional song notes:
- The Life
- On album:
- A-078(a) (Sarah Aroste / Gracia)
- Track ID:
- 37289
- lead vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- drums:
- Yuval Lion
- bass:
- Uri Kleinman
- electric guitars:
- Oz Noy
- Violin:
- Lea Gadaev
- shofar:
- Yonnie Dror
- paino, keyboards:
- Shai Bachar
- First line:
- La vida do por el raki, no puedo yo dexarlo
- First line (Ladino):
- I give my life for alcohol, I cannot leave it
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Addiction
- Length:
- 3:56
Durme Durme
- Genre:
- Sephardic/Lullaby/Traditional
- Subject:
- Lullaby/Viglid/Child/Peace/Faith/Market/University/Doctor
- Origin:
- Alb A-020(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb Y-018(c)
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 918
- Translation:
- Alb A-020(a)/Alb J-012(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Ephemera 918
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37296
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano and Vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Frame Drum:
- Yousif Sheronick
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- Durme, durme, hermozadonzella, sin ansia y dolor
- First line (Ladino):
- Sleep Sleep beautiful one, Sleep without worry or sorrow
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Sleep/Slave/Love/
- Length:
- 4:49
Yo M'enamori
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love/Nights for making love/Fish/cuddle fish
- Additional song notes:
- Moon Trick
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37297
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano, leslie and vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- Yo m'enamori d'un aire la la la… d'un aire d'una mujer, d'una mujer,…
- First line (Ladino):
- I fell in love with the charms, the charms of someone
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 3:58
Adio Querida
- Also known as:
- Adio Kerida
- Genre:
- Sephardic/Love/Lament/Folk
- Subject:
- Love/Rejection/Bitterness
- Song comment:
- Goodbye My Love
- Origin:
- Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb T-025(a)/Alb B-067(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb T-025(a)/Alb S-083(a)/
- Translation:
- Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb B-067(a)
- Related information in folder 807:
- Comments:
- 1. Email from Anna Hurkmans of Rome, Italy, teacher and performer reports tjhat Adio Querida has the same melody as Verdis' "Addio al passato" (from Traviata)
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37298
- Vocal:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano and vocal:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- Nay:
- Bridget Robbins
- First line:
- Tu madre cuando te pario Y te quito al mundo
- Track comment:
- Your mother when she bore you, And gave you to the world
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love/Sadness
- Length:
- 5:09
Noches
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love
- Additional song notes:
- Sweet Nights
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37299
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano, percussion and vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- Nay:
- Bridget Robbins
- First line:
- Noches, noches, buenas noches Noches son d'enamorar
- First line (Ladino):
- Night, Night, sweet nights Nights for making love
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love/Sex/Bed/Fish/Sea
- Length:
- 7:19
Hija Mia Remix
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love
- Additional song notes:
- Hija Mia (The One I Want) Remix
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37300
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Oud and vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Darbuka and riqq:
- Yousif Sheronick
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- Hija Mia mi querida, Te vo dar un hermozo No quero pardi no quero
- First line (Ladino):
- My daughter, my dear ill set yoy up with a handsome man no father I don’t want
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 5:12
Scalerica De Oro / Dodi Yarad — דודי ירעד(שיר השירים)
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Genre:
- Sephardic
- Subject:
- Marriage, Love, Shir ha Shirim
- Additional song notes:
- Ladder of Gold
Shir Hashirim 6
Yedidya Admon, Sephardic Ketubah Shavot
- On album:
- A-078(a) (Sarah Aroste / Gracia)
- Track ID:
- 37282
- Lead Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Drums:
- Yuval Lion
- percussion, palmas:
- Samuel Torres
- percussion:
- Rony Iwryn
- bass:
- Ziv Harpaz
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Eli Lishinsky
- Electric Guitars, Programming:
- Nir Graff
- palmas:
- Lara Bello
- Alto Sax:
- Shlomo Cohen
- Keyboards, String Arangement:
- Shai Bachar
- Back Vocals, Nylon Guitar:
- David (Manué) Castellano
- Zurna:
- Amir Gwirtzman
- Strings:
- Lea Gadaev Ensemble
- First line:
- Venimos a ver, venimos a ver, I gozen y logren y tagan mucho bien
- First line (Ladino):
- We've come to see, May they have joy and prosper and be very happy
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love/Marriage
- Length:
- 3:46
La Comida La Mañana — ארוחת בוקר
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Neo Klezmer/Fusion
- Additional song notes:
- Breakfast
- On album:
- A-078(a) (Sarah Aroste / Gracia)
- Track ID:
- 37284
- Lead Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Drums:
- Yuval Lion
- Drums, black vocals:
- Samuel Torres
- bass:
- Ziv Harpaz
- Strings:
- Lea Gadaev Ensemble
- Back Vocals:
- Lara Bello
- Electric Guitars:
- Oz Noy
- back vocals:
- Yael Horwitz
- First line:
- La comida la mañana, La tadre la traigo atras
- First line (Ladino):
- The morning meal, In the afternoon I'll bring it back
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 4:31
En suenyo Te Vi
- Author:
- Miriam Raymond
- Composer:
- Betty Klein
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Neo Klezmer/Fusion
- Subject:
- Dreams/Love
- On album:
- A-078(a) (Sarah Aroste / Gracia)
- Track ID:
- 37285
- lead vocals, back vocals, drums:
- Sarah Aroeste
- percussion:
- Yuval Lion
- bass:
- Rony Iwryn
- electric guitars:
- Nir Graff
- electric guitars:
- Joao Erbetta
- Strings:
- Eugene Povolotsky Ensemble
- keyboards:
- Shai Bachar
- First line:
- Anoche en durmiendo, Yo en suenyo te vi
- First line (Ladino):
- Last night I was sleeping, I saw you in my dreams
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 4:29
Las Estreyas
- Genre:
- Sephardic/Love/Ballad
- Subject:
- Stars
- Song comment:
- Las Estreyas -- "The Stars"
- Translation:
- CD J-023(a)
- On album:
- A-078(a) (Sarah Aroste / Gracia)
- Track ID:
- 37286
- lead vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- drums:
- Yuval Lion
- percussion:
- Rony Iwryn
- bass:
- Ziv Harpaz
- electric guitars:
- Marc Kakon
- oud:
- Amos Hoffman
- piano, keyboards, arrangement, and string arangemnt:
- Shai Bachar
- Strigns:
- Eugene Povolotsky Ensemble
- First line:
- Las estreyas de los cielos, kerido, Eyas son que arrelumbran
- First line (Ladino):
- The stars in heaven, my dear, They are the ones that shine
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 4:38
Avre Este Abat-Jour Bijou
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Genre:
- Sephardic
- Subject:
- Love/Beauty/Vanity/Narcissism
- On album:
- A-078(a) (Sarah Aroste / Gracia)
- Track ID:
- 37287
- lead vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- cajon:
- Samuel Torres
- Bass:
- Fima Ephrone
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar:
- Eli Lishinsky
- keyboards:
- Shai Bachar
- First line:
- Avre este abajour bijou, Avre la tu ventana
- First line (Ladino):
- Open the shade my jewel, Open your window
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 2:13
A la Una
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish/Traditional
- Subject:
- Love/Forbidden Love/Unrequited Love
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 918
- Translation:
- Ephemera 918
- Additional song notes:
- In the Beginning
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37292
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Oud:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Qanun:
- Hicham Chami
- Drums and darbuka:
- Yousif Sheronick
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- A la una yo naci, A las dos m'engrandeci, a las tes tomi amante
- First line (Ladino):
- At one I was born, At two I grew up, At three I took a lover
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 5:00
Café Rumbita
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Genre:
- Love/Pop/Feminist/Judeo-Spanish
- Subject:
- Love/Sleep/Hearbreak
- Additional song notes:
- Café Rumbita
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37294
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Piano acoustic guitar and vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- shakers:
- Yousif Sheronick
- Drums:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- classical Guitar:
- Carlos Revollar
- First line:
- En el café del amanecer hay luces de colores
- First line (Ladino):
- At the coffee house there were lots of lights
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love
- Length:
- 4:34
Hija Mia Mi Querida
- Also known as:
- Hija Mia
- Author:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Composer:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Genre:
- Ladino/Lament/Sephardic
- Subject:
- Daughter/Suicide/Drowning
- Origin:
- Alb M-049(a)/Alb U-009(a)
- Translation:
- Alb M-049(a)/CD J-032(a)
- On album:
- A-078(b) (Sarah Aroste / A La Una / In The beginning)
- Track ID:
- 37295
- Vocals:
- Sarah Aroeste
- Electric Guitar:
- Alan Cohen
- Oud and vocals:
- Yoel Ben-Simon
- Darbuka and riqq:
- Yousif Sheronick
- Drums and Darbuka:
- Vin Scialla
- fretless bass:
- Emmanuel Mann
- First line:
- Hija Mia mi querida, Te vo dar un hermozo No quero pardi no quero
- First line (Ladino):
- My daughter, my dear ill set yoy up with a handsome man no father I don’t want
- Language:
- Ladino
- Style:
- Love/Match/matchmaking
- Length:
- 5:14