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The Sephardic diaspora — which settled in Morocco, the Ot- tomon Empire, the Balkans — kept that tradition alive and, over the centuries, em- broidered and enhanced it. For the past dozen years a Massachusetts-based quartet, Voice of the Turtle, has done its part in introducing — through performances and recordings — this relatively unknown music to the public- at-large. "When you hear this music you hear the history in it and it's this that makes the music so exciting," explains Judith Wachs, artist director of the group. Sephardic music spans a wide range of forms, styles and treatments — from Judeo-Spanish balladic "romancero" to children's songs and dirges; although songs are sung in Ladino, there are localisms absorbed from the Greek, Turkish and Arabic languages. "Basically we perform folk music and para-liturgical pieces which were sung for the (religious) holidays but not in the synagogue," Wachs says. Some of the pieces are amusing, such as the song `Todo Bueno Tengo" which goes: "Everything is wonder- ful. I have an old husband .. . but; Oh, those beautiful young men!" while others are lamentations with a specifically Jewish content like the song that begins: "Good-by, Rachel Levi; I go to Africa to return no more . . ." In order to reconstruct this music, Wachs travels fre- quently to Israel, more specifically to the Jewish Music Research Center at Hebrew University. "We work from first hand materials," Wachs says. "We listen to tapes of old people singing songs that they learned from their parents and grand- parents." In the past 70 years there's been considerable scholarly interest in Sephardic musical works. Composers and musi- cians such as I. Levy, J.H. Silverman and I.J. Katz have done interesting fieldwork, collecting and editing texts and tunes, recording and notating from the oral tradi- tion. But Voice members have This musical group presents historical music. found that the best way of learning this music is more direct. "For us, as musicians, it's easier to go from ear to ear," Wachs says. "We listen over and over and over again. It takes a lot of work." Speaking of work, imagine, if you will, learning to play more than two dozen in- struments that most people have never heard of . . . or heard period. There is, for ex- ample, the rebek, a three- stringed bowed instrument ancestor to the violin; and the chalumeau, a single-reed in- strument related to the clarinet; there's the kamanja, an Islamic fiddle, and the shawm, a double-reeded in- strument popular in the Mid- dle Ages; and the bagpipes, flutes and harps. Although all the members of Voice have musical train- ing, none of them came from a Sephardic background (two members aren't Jewish) and none was familiar with the music. But, as Wachs explains, none of that matters much — to the music makers or the listeners. "You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy this music. You don't have to be anything." Voice of the Turtle will be appearing Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. at the Mandell Berman Center for University of Michigan Hillel; Feb. 4 at noon at Adat Shalom Synagogue; and Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. at Erickson Kiva Theatre, Hillel at Michigan State Univesity. ❑ Puppet Theater Comes To JCC The Mask Puppet Theatre will perform A Tree Grows in Israel and The Monster That Ate Your Garden at the Jewish Community Center's Maple-Drake Building 2:30 p.m. Feb. 11. After the show, children will be able to make simple puppets with the group. There is a charge. For in- formation, call the JCC, 661- 1000. Chenille Sisters Join Orchestra The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra will perform two pops concerts to coordinate Winterfest '90 as the Chenille Sisters, plus Carl St. Clair, appear 8 p.m. Feb. 9-10 at the Michigan Theater. There is a charge. For in- formation, call the Michigan Theater, 668-8397.