Kuando el rey Nimrod

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Samira Memarzadeh has arranged the Sephardic folk song “Kuando el rey Nimrod” for solo lever or pedal harp. Scroll down for notes from the arranger.

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Pages to print: 4 pgs.

Duration: 4:00

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Description

Notes from the arranger

“Kuando el rey Nimrod” is a Sephardic folk song that is sung in Ladino, a Judaeo-Spanish language, and tells the story of the birth of Abraham from a Jewish perspective. The original song, with its much longer lyrics and its maqam-based structure, became popular in the Sephardic communities of the Mediterranean basin. Around the year 1890, an anonymous author from Tangiers, Morocco, wrote a different version of the song, shortening its lyrics and composing a new melody in Maqam Hejaz. This reduced and catchier version has survived to become arguably one of the most popular songs in the Sephardic repertoire.