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Songs of Exile (Chant D'exil) (Magda)

Historical recordings of the Jewish-Algerian musician Raymond Leyris made in 1956 in the town of Constantine, Raymond Leyris birthplace in Algiers. The CD consists of classical Andalusian music, performed by Leyris's orchestra which included both Jewish and Arab musicians ; and classical Arab texts describing the golden age in Spain. Among the players is a talented 14 years old guitar player named Gaston Ghrenassia, later to become famous as the popular singer Enrico Macias. In 1961, during the Algerian War of Liberation, Raymond Leyris was assassinated by a radical Muslim group. This brutal assassination prompted the massive immigration of the Algerian Jewish community from Algiers. To this day, the music of Raymond Leyris symbolizes fellowship and unity between Jews, Arabs and Christians.

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