SKU: OT.23105

ISBN 9789655051155. 8.27 x 11.69 inches.

Daniel Akiva
Sephardic Anthology of Piyutim
for clarinet and guitar
clarinet edited with special fingerings by Guy Yehuda
42 miniatures

Sephardic Anthology of Piyutim for Clarinet and Guitar is a fabric of 42 short pieces based on prayers and piyutim that Daniel collected and researched over many years. He learned the basis of this tradition from his father, the paytan Yitzhak Akiva. Daniel also participated in various projects of the Israel Broadcast Authority in the field of Sephardic (Spanish) Jewish music, served as chazzan (cantor) in his community, and two years ago participated in the Illumination: Early Jewish Italian Spiritual Music project produced by Ayela Seidelman and Bari Moscovitz.
The anthology for clarinet and guitar is part of a large project which includes recordings of the original piyutim on which these compositions are based with various artists and paytanim. The project includes piyutim of the Jerusalem and Haifa Sephardic traditions, medieval Italian tradition, and Moroccan tradition.
Sephardic - Spanish. Jews descended from those expelled from Spain in 1492 and their traditions.
Piyut (pl. piyutim) - liturgical poems
Paytan (pl. paytanim) - a singer or composer of piyutim.