Re: Origin of HaTikavah Tune

[Daniel Walker <walker...>]

At 6:09 PM 7/3/95, 100114(dot)750 (at) compuserve(dot)com (David Herskovic) 
wrote:
>The 2 opening bars of Hatikvah are strikingly similar to Smetana's
>Vldava from his set of symphonic poems Ma Vlad (My Homeland).
>
>Was the composer of HaTikvah in any way influenced by this music. It
>is notable that both are nationlistic tunes.

This sort of question -- possible influences and/or direct sources for
haTikvah -- seems to hit the Jewish music newsgroup/listserv every couple
of months. Any musicologists out there want to write a FAQ??

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