Re: creepy: Hatikvah

[Lori Cahan-Simon <L_Cahan...>]

robert wiener wrote:

> Simon, I am not clear as to when the tune used today was introduced as a
> setting for the text, but Nulman says that "the earliest printed
> version of the melody of "Hatikvah" appeared in 1895."

I remember hearing a "classical" piece that sounded an awful lot like
"Hatikvah"  many years ago.  Could it have been Khatchaturian?  Someone
Eastern European.  If I recall correctly, it was in 3/4 time with the
rhythm being 1/4 note, 1/2 note for most of it.

Lorele

>
>
> I recall hearing a different tune used by the Zamir Chorale of Boston
> and Josh Jacobson gave some of this history which is what prompted me
> to look it up.  I don't believe that that version has been recorded,
> although it may have been (and I might even have it on my shelves).
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com <Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com>
> To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 9:15 PM
> Subject: Re: creepy: Hatikvah
>
> >
> >In a message dated 12/28/99 5:35:02 PM, wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com 
> >writes:
> >
> ><< The nine-stanza poem,
> >
> >originally called 'Tikvatenu' (Our Hope), [and] was written in 1878
> by
> >
> >the itinerant Hebrew poet Naphtali Herz Imber (1856-1909)."   I guess
> >
> >that Hitler can't get "credit" for that. >>
> >
> >Got You Bob,
> > I knew you'd be watching, so I specifically said "Hatikvah the
> Anthem" (of
> >Israel) not the poem. Unfortunately, Hitler does get credit, the
> world
> >"guilt" of the Holocaust was a primary mover in creating the Jewish
> State.
> >Simon
> >
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