Manuscript – Collection of Songs and Piyutim for Petitions - Balkan Countries

Manuscript, collection of Songs and Poems of Petitions. [The Balkans, 1860’s].
Medium square writing [by a number of hands].
Large collection with more than one hundred and fifty songs by Rabbi Israel Najara, his students and followers in the Balkan countries. At the top of each poem is recorded the type of composition and names of the Makamim (melodies). In some poems there are special marks for the professional singer.
The piyutim have not been thoroughly investigated. Some do not appear in Davidson’s “Otzar Hashir Vehapiyut”.
About 170 handwritten pages, leaves missing at beginning and at end. 22.5 cm. Stains and tears. No binding.