Any Decent National Anthems?

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[ Article crossposted from rec.music.folk,rec.music.classical ]
[ Author was Larisa Migachyov ]
[ Posted on 1 Jun 1995 14:42:59 GMT ]

znmeb (at) teleport(dot)com wrote:
: ghost (jmf (at) endor(dot)harvard(dot)edu) wrote:
: : In article <3qfan4$kmc (at) linda(dot)teleport(dot)com> znmeb (at) 
teleport(dot)com writes:
: : >JonathBlue (jonathblue (at) aol(dot)com) wrote:
: : >: The Israeli National Anthem "Ha Tikvah" (which means "Hope") is very
: : >: moving.  It is in a minor key (I believe) and has a beautiful, 
bittersweet
: : >: melody.
: : >It is also from a well-known classical composition, "The Moldau", by
: : >Smetana.

: : Nope:  Smetana, in "The Moldau", steals what was either a local (Chezch?)
: : folk tune or a local Jewish folk tune, messes around with the key its in to
: : make it sound "more uplifting", rearranges it a bit, & puts his name on it.
: : Typical story.  When classical composers wanted something with ethnic
: : flavor they usually just swiped something from the local ethnics, but many
: : did acknowledge their sources.  I don't know about Smetana.
: Israel was founded in 1948.  "The Moldau" was written much earlier.
However, the Jewish people has been in existence for more than 5000 
years, and it's quite possible that Ha Tikvah was a folk tune before 
Smetana got his hands on it.

-Larisa
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