Re: Hatikva Request

[Joe Zitt <joe...>]

In article <1992Nov26(dot)155618(dot)28702 (at) zip(dot)eecs(dot)umich(dot)edu> 
fields (at) zip(dot)eecs(dot)umich(dot)edu (Matthew Fields) writes:

>Funny, the melody of Hatikva was composed by a Czech composer, I think
>it was Dvorak, in the Moldau River movement of Ma Vlast.  I'm curious
>how it got to be the tune to Hatikva.

If memory serves, that's not quite the case. The melody of Smetena's Moldau
shares the same opening phrase as the Hatikvah (roughly E ABCDEEFFE EDDCCBBA)
but diverges from there. I believe, however that both may have been based on
related Eastern European folk songs.

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