[HANASHIR:11395] Re: Hatikvah--an initial inquiry.

[adrian <adrian...>]

Noted Israeli composer and arranger Shimon Cohen, who
taught at Hava Nashira in some earlier years, suggested
that both the Moldau and Hatikvah are derived from the
same source, a Rumanian folk tune called "The Donkey
and the Cart."

Adrian





On Tue, 23 April 2002, Martin Vesole wrote

> 
> Does anyone know why Hatikvah sounds so much like
Smetana's Die Moldau? Is
> it a coincidence?
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