HATIKVAH

The melody for Hatikva is based on "La Mantovana," a 17th century Italian song. Its earliest known appearance in print was in early 17th-century Italy as "Ballo di Mantova." This melody gained wide currency in Renaissance Europe, being recorded variously as the Spanish hymn "Virgen de la Cueva" ("Virgin of the Cave"), the Yiddish folk song "Prayer for the Dew," the Polish folk song "Pod Krakowem," and as the Ukrainian "Kateryna Kucheryava." This melody had been famously used by Bedřich Smetana in his symphonic poem "Má vlast" as "Die Moldau."

The modern adaptation of the music for Hatikvah is assumed to be composed by Samuel Cohen in 1888. He himself recalled many years later that he had adapted the melody from a Moldavian folk-song, possibly "Carul cu boi" ("Carriage with Oxen") which shares many structural elements with Hatikva.

Hatikvah is written in a minor key, which is often perceived as mournful in tone and thus rarely used in national anthems. However, as the title ("The Hope") and the words suggest, the import of the song is uplifting and optimistic in spirit.

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• Hatikvah

[quiapech]

Israel is a democratic oasis in the Arabian dictatorial Sahara. Long Live Israel!

P.S I am Egyptian, but Israel is a goood example for freedom and democracy, which r absent in the despotic, Fascist, Nazi Islamic World. Viva Israel!

[VKatze]

;-; So pretty. I have the choral piece on my ipod. I am not jewish, but this music is absolutely tear jerking. Brava!!! You play this so well!!!

[VerHohnert]

@quiapech True, if you'd now stop doing almost the same with the Palis as we Germans did with the Jews everything would be fine with Israel.

[Riduy]

@Nickidewbear I don't buy whatever else they call you. You are an idiot.

[Nickidewbear]

I guess that the world still hates when G-d works through the Jews. What a shame.

[Nickidewbear]

Actually, YOU need to learn history. I Googled and found out that if you have an issue, you need to take it to G-d. "Towards the end of the 19th century there was living in North London the Reverend Mr. Perlzweig. From his contacts with members of the Sephardic congregation in Mildmay Park in North London he picked up that melody." See "The Tune of Hatikvah" by D. de Sola Pool, The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, New York City.

[Nickidewbear]

I don't buy for a second that "HaTikvah" was anything but Jewish or otherwise Middle Eastern. As a Jew, I thought "HaTikvah" to be Middle Eastern the first time that I heard it. I don't know when the Italians, Romanians, or Poles co-opted what they call "Moldau" and whatever else; but "HaTikvah" was and is Jewish.

[roybarichli]

@quiapech come and be my friend .

[klins061]

It's a wonderful little piece of music! But there's something about it...it almost doesn't sound Israeli. I mean, I understand that the song was based off an Italian melody. But it sounds like a sea shanty to me on accordion. Not that it's a bad thing. I personally love sea shanties.

[Romanisipunctum]

Moldavia, or more correctly is a region of Romania and its music, people and culture is Romanian.

Carul cu boi is indeed a Romanian folkloric song from Moldova.

But it is also another Romanian song from Transylvania called Cucuruz (You Tube), that follows the same melos.

Great, lyrical performance.

[romarcela62]

I'm glad you like it. This national anthem is based on a Romanian folk song. If you will search, you'll find that Doina- a sad kind of Romanian folk music, Hora - special dance Romanian folk music, inspired Jewish and, most of all, Yidish music. Interesting, isn't it?

[Gwynsek]

Beautiful! I didn´t know Hatikvah´s melody had come from it,I love it.