In this episode, Ivy and Max talk to Simone Salmon, an ethnomusicologist and musician who specializes in Sephardic, Ladino, and Ottoman music. They discuss music as a cross-cultural bridge, differences between Ottoman and Western musical styles, the Turkish makam, and the story of Simone's great-grandparents Isaac and Emily Sene.
Show notes:
- The first “Misirlu” clip is by Jack Mayesh. http://www.sephardicmusic.org/labels/Mayesh/1367,1368.htm
- The book Simone mentions is by Benjamin Brinner, Playing across a Divide: Israeli-Palestinian Musical Encounters (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)
- Music at a restaurant in contemporary Turkey: Tonoz Kumkapı Restaurant Meyhane Fasıl Canlı Müzik
- Selda Bagcan, "Sari Gelin,"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wgb764iB_4&ab_channel=SeldaBa%C4%9Fcan
- Simone's radio show: https://www.mixcloud.com/simoneharp/
- You can view a performance of Simone's ensemble at the 2022 ucLadino conference here: https://youtu.be/cwMTBiqETY4?t=26102
Podcast Credits:
Music by KJ.
Logo design by Rebecca Daniel Mottley.
Audio Post-Production Services provided by Stampede Studios, Inc.
Audio Mixer – Oscar Salinas
Senior Director, Sound – Mark Herscovitz
Special Thanks to Ben Arnold.
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