origins of hatikva

[Roman Turovsky <vze25h9z...>]

Dear collective-wisdom,
I have been involved in some research concerning the 16th century Italian
canzonetta/harmonic pattern "La Mantovana" that was the basis of many
Eastern European folk songs and dance tunes, and eventually Hatikva. This
tune had been famously noted in Smetana's "Vltava/Die Moldau", Eisler's
"Moldaulied", Mozart's Variations on "Twinkle" etc. There are several vocal
settings, most notably by Gasparo Zannetti and Francesco Provenzale, some
anonymous lute tabulatures from Poland, and several in various compendia on
Ukrainian folk-musik.
Does anyone know any other instance of this melody anywhere else???
RT
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