Re: NEEDED: notes about Hatikva

[Cantor Neil & Katie Schwartz <schwartz...>]

>
>1) Does anyone know FOR SURE who composed the melody?
>    Imber? Kosakoff?
>

Until I get into my office/library, I cannot tell you who did
compose the melody.  However, I believe that Imber only composed
the poem (several verses), and Reuven Kosakoff composed one of
many later melodies which bear little resemblance to the famous
one we all know.

When I get to work, I will be looking in the Encyclopedia Judaica
first.  Is that available to you?  Your question about the first
harmonization will be more difficult to answer, I suspect.

                                               Shabbat Shalom,

                                               Cantor Schwartz




Cantor Neil Schwartz
or
Katie Schwartz, B.S.I.

schwartz (at) enter(dot)net