Hatikvah: Pop Specials for Strings

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The national anthem of Israel - it's melody derives from La Mantovana, a 16th-century Italian song, composed by Giuseppe Cenci. It gained wide currency in Renaissance Europe, under various titles, eventually the adaptation of the music for Hatikvah was done by Samuel Cohen in 1888. Cohen himself recalled many years later that he had hummed Hatikvah based on the melody from the song he had heard in Romania, Carul cu boi [The Ox Driven Cart]. Instrumentation 1 x Conductor 8 x Violin 1 8 x Violin 2 4 x Violin 3/ Viola TC 4 x Viola 4 x Cello 4 x Double Bass 1 x Piano Show more