Loading details…
Artist
Isaac Levy
12+ albums
ladinojewishsephardicworldIsrael
about
Isaac Levy (1919-1977) was a Turkish-born musicologist, collector of Sephardic music, and singer. Born in Manisa (near İzmir) in 1919, at the age of three he moved with his family to Palestine. He studied in conservatories in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and went on to work both as a composer and as a cantor. After the creation of the state of Israel he was appointed head of the Ladino department at Israel's national radio station. His life's work was devoted to the collection and preservation of the songs of Sephardic Jews; these songs had been passed down orally from generation to generation for more than 500 years. During his lifetime he published four books containing Sephardic romances and another ten volumes of liturgical songs. He also recorded many of these songs for the national radio. His daughter Yasmin Levy is an Israeli singer-songwriter of Judaeo-Spanish music. He died in Jeresulam in 1977. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
you might also explore
▤Books
▧Games
▣Movies
▦TV
top songs
1
La Vida Do Por El Raki
9912Puncha Puncha
9093לה וידה דו פור אל ראקי - אתן חיי בשביל העראק
5054Una Pastora Yo Ami
3735אונה פסטורה יו אמי - אהבתי רועה
3316פונצ'ה פונצ'ה - השושנה דוקרת
2847Burdjula
838יו אן לה פריזיון טו קמ לאס פלורס - אני בכלא ואת בין הפרחים (דואט)
839Borjula
5210Una Pastora (A Shepherdess)
50
