{"title":"Meadow, Bonnie","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 012px; margin-bottom: 16px; float: left;\" alt=\"Bonita Meadow\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/IMG_0620_240x240.jpg?v=1734433110\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eBonnie Robiczek Meadow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e was a classical guitar major at the “Fame”-ous School of Performing Arts in NYC and continued her musical studies at Hofstra University. She studied guitar under Alexander LaGoya and Carel Harms in France and José Tomás in Spain. Her long and varied career in music has included composition and performances for theatrical productions, choirs, and worship services. As a songwriter, Meadow worked with the Sage Arts organization to create five original songs to celebrate the lives of five elders, including Holocaust survivors. Her CD, “In the Middle of Life”, contains 13 of her original songs and her duet for 2 baroque lutes was published by Tree Editions. Meadow performs on guitar, lute, banjo and sometimes on piano and other instruments. She performs with a Klezmer band, a Dixieland band (on banjo), and an activist street band (on French Horn!), and is the director of the Woodstock Jewish Congregation Choir. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eHere is a link to her YouTube Channel: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@bonniemeadow940\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@bonniemeadow940\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eHere is a link to a video of Montañas Altas, one of the Sephardic Songs in the publication Roses and Nightingales with guitar accompaniment created by Ms. Robiczek Meadow: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bCXxX1-Yhs0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background: white;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/bCXxX1-Yhs0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MsoHyperlink\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA video of Morenika can be found on that same channel: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJ4pJgJCJ5o\"\u003ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/XJ4pJgJCJ5o\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"meadow-roses-and-nightingales","title":"Meadow, Roses and Nightingales","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eBonnie Robiczek Meadow, Roses and Nightingales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eA collection of Sephardic songs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003efor voice and guitar. T\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eranslations and lyric settings of Ladino lyrics by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle2\"\u003eJudith Kerman.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSephardic Jews and their music\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Iberian Peninsula—home to Spain and Portugal—was under Islamic rule from the mid-Eighth Century through 1492 of the Common Era. Participating in the Golden Age of Islam, with its flourishing of science, literature and the arts, Iberian society was perhaps uniquely tolerant and heterogeneous. Arab and Berber immigrants lived side-by-side with Spanish Muslims, Christians and Jews. Judaic creativity and scholarship benefited from this tolerance. Jews reached the highest echelons of secular government and the military and gained renown as poets, scholars, and physicians. A notable example was the physician and philosopher Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), known as Maimonides.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1492, the fall of the city of Granada to the Catholic kings of Castile marked the end of Muslim rule on the Peninsula. Soon, the Jews of Spain and Portugal were given the choice of conversion to Christianity, exile, or execution. Many converted (sometimes maintaining Jewish identity in dangerous secret), and many were killed, but hundreds of thousands left. They settled in most Mediterranean countries, as well as Asia Minor, England, the Americas, and parts of Western Europe. Known as Sephardic Jews, these refugees brought with them Iberian culture and language, especially a variant of Spanish called Ladino or Judeo-Espanyol, which included Hebrew, Arabic and other elements. As the Sephardim dispersed, their creative works were flavoured by the new cultures in which they found themselves, particularly North African and Turkish influences. The varied music of the Sephardic Jews emerged out of this complex history.\u003cbr\u003eThere are several excellent songbooks available which include the songs in this collection and many others from the Sephardic tradition; references to our sources can be found in the notes at the back of this book. These collections also provide an introduction to the songs’ cultural background. However, few of them include playable classical guitar accompaniments. Guitarist\/composer Bonnie Robiczek Meadow decided to write original accompaniments for performances with mezzo-soprano Judith Kerman, who wrote the English translations, resulting in this publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListen to some of the songs from this collection performed by Bonnie Robiczek Meadow (guitar), Judith Kerman (mezzo-soprano):\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMontanas Altas:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003caudio controls=\"controls\" alt=\"Listen\"\u003e\n  \u003csource src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/SR_22_Montanas_Altas.mp3?v=1734526246\"\u003e\nYour browser does not support the audio element.\n\u003c\/source\u003e\u003c\/audio\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIr Me Quero La Mi Madre:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003caudio controls=\"controls\" alt=\"Listen\"\u003e\n  \u003csource src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/01_WJC_Ir_Me_Quero_La_Mi_Madre.mp3?v=1734526245\"\u003e\nYour browser does not support the audio element.\n\u003c\/source\u003e\u003c\/audio\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLos Bilbilicos:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003caudio controls=\"controls\" alt=\"Listen\"\u003e\n  \u003csource src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/SR_05_Los_Bilbilicos_1.mp3?v=1734526250\"\u003e\nYour browser does not support the audio element.\n\u003c\/source\u003e\u003c\/audio\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRespondemos:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003caudio controls=\"controls\" alt=\"Listen\"\u003e\n  \u003csource src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/07_WJC_Respondemos_1.mp3?v=1734526251\"\u003e\nYour browser does not support the audio element.\n\u003c\/source\u003e\u003c\/audio\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct:\u003c\/strong\u003e Self-Print (PDF) or Print on Demand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84 pages + 32 pages voice part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLevel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Intermediate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrder number\u003c\/b\u003e: BE-241107\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eISMN 979-0-706842-21-9\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BERGMANN EDITION","offers":[{"title":"Self-Print (PDF)","offer_id":53840804839768,"sku":"BE-241107","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Print on Demand","offer_id":53840804872536,"sku":"BE-241107p","price":52.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/SephardicSongs-Guitar-Score_Page1_0.jpg?v=1734523891"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/collections\/IMG_0620.jpg?v=1734433223","url":"https:\/\/bergmann-edition.com\/en-jp\/collections\/meadow-bonnie.oembed","provider":"BERGMANN EDITION","version":"1.0","type":"link"}