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is remarkable H light of the deraci-
nation of its people.
Their language, Ladino, is very
similar to what was spoken in the
Spanish Renaissance.
What makes this disc particularly
unusual is that the Sephardic music is
juxtaposed with selections from court
music of the Spanish. Renaissance.
The music doesn't sound radically dif-
ferent, except that some of the
Sephardic pieces, such as "Alta, alta,
va la Luna" and the eerily beautiful
instrumental "Morenica sos," have a
distinct Arabic ;rockience — no doubt
a result of living in proximity to the
Moors. The texts also are similar, in
that they cover much of the same ter-
ritory: love, rejection and religious cel-
ebration.
However, the music differs in one (--_\
important respect: The courtly tunes
were written down and performed in

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public, while the Seplardic music
vas perforined in private homes and
not notated. Also, the court songs
were -sting by both sexes, Vc? hile; •• •
almost always, women performed the
.
Sephardic music.
This recording Makes-rio claim of
airtight authenticity, acknowledging'
in the liner notes that what' -.-
Sephardim in Bulgaria or Turkey
consider authentic might not jibe
with how Sephardim in North Africa
or Italy-interpret the music:
Still, La Rondinella, an American
group speCializing in Renaissance
and Sephardic music, has done a fine
job of at least approximating how
the music must have been per-
formed. Alice Kosloski's clear alto is
true to the pitch, and the instrumen-
talists play with an acute sense of
balance and rhythmic pep.

— Reviewed by George Bulanda