2007年VOA标准英语-Musician Embraces Ancient Musical Roots
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By Valer Gergely
Washington
27 March 2007
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The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. held a concert this week to help revive traditional Sephardic music from the former Yugoslavia. For producer Valer Gergely, VOA's Jim Bertel has more on the performance.
Flory Jagoda
Flory Jagoda comes from a centuries-old tradition with roots in the Iberian Peninsula. Her family was one of many Sephardic Jewish families forced to flee Spain and Portugal in the 14th and 15th centuries. Today, she is the sole survivor 1.
Sephardic Jews took refuge in North Africa and in parts of Europe, with the largest concentration finding safe haven 2 in the Mediterranean 3 region. They were able to take very little with them, but preserved their oral culture, language and songs. "National Heritage Award" winner Flory Jagoda's songs are the echoes of old Spain.
"We call it Sephardic music that comes from the word ‘Sepharad,’ which in Hebrew means Spain,” she explains. “The Sephardim came from Spain. They immigrated 4 to Bosnia, the Sarajevo area – where I was born – around 1560 and settled around Sarajevo. My ‘Nona,’ my grandmother, was also a folk singer. She sang these songs that we call ‘Ladino,’ Judeo-Spanish."
Flory Jagoda says Americans knew very little about the Sephardic culture when she arrived in the U.S. in 1946, but, since then, they have learned more about it.
Performing at the Library of Congress
"They knew it is Jewish music because it was advertised as Jewish music, but nobody heard ‘Jewish-Spanish,’ it just didn't click. After they heard all the holiday songs, then it started to make sense. I had calls from synagogues, from different organizations if I would come in, and I got them to hear and know more about it, little by little."
Devoted 5 to the preservation 6 of her heritage, she has performed throughout the U.S. and abroad as a soloist 7 and with her family or friends. Her repertoire 8 includes Ladino, Italian, Serbo-Croatian folk songs and her own compositions.
"I personally carry my own goal to have this music heard, to teach, to perform, to continue before it is lost," she says.
Flory Jagoda's performance at the Library of Congress was recorded for the archive of the American Folklife Center that preserves and presents American folklife through programs, exhibitions and live performances.
- The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
- There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
- It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
- The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
- The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
- Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
- He immigrated from Ulster in 1848. 他1848年从阿尔斯特移民到这里。 来自辞典例句
- Many Pakistanis have immigrated to Britain. 许多巴基斯坦人移居到了英国。 来自辞典例句
- He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
- The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。
- The soloist brought the house down with encore for his impressive voice.这位独唱家以他那感人的歌声博得全场喝彩。
- The soloist had never performed in London before.那位独唱者过去从未在伦敦演出过。
- There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。
- He has added considerably to his piano repertoire.他的钢琴演奏曲目大大增加了。