Re: Hatikvah

[wiener <wiener...>]

I haven't researched this topic thoroughly, but I do know that the
tune used for Hatikvah now is not the only tune that has ever been
used.  (In fact I've heard another tune in concert.)  Can someone
enlighten us on the history of the matching of the tune to the words?

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Hope Ehn Dennis Ehn <ehn (at) world(dot)std(dot)com>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: Hatikvah


>On Thu, 3 May 2001, Sam Weiss wrote:
>
>> Imber had nothing to do with the tune.
>
>I never claimed that Imber *wrote* the tune. But Imber not only wrote
the
>words, but apparently also chose the tune for them. Therefore, while
he
>didn't write the tune, he is responsible for the combination of words
and
>tune. I wouldn't exactly call that "nothing to do with the tune."
>
>It is unfortunate that some Internet users will take any excuse to be
>petty at someone else's expense.
>
>Hope Ehn               <ehn (at) world(dot)std(dot)com>
>
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