Hatikva La Mantovana
b'a Mantovana is a sixteenth century song composed by the Italian tenor Giuseppe Cenci, also known as Giuseppino del Biado, (d. 1616). Its earliest known appearance in print is in del Biado's 1600 collection of madrigals. The melody, later also known as "Ballo di Mantova" or "Aria di Mantova" gained wide currency in Renaissance Europe, being recorded variously as the Scottish \\u201cMy mistress is prettie,\\u201d the Polish \\u201cPod Krakowem,\\u201d Spanish "Virgen de la Cueva" and the Ukrainian \\u201cKateryna Kucheryava." It is best-known as the melody of Bedřich Smetana's The Moldau and of the Israeli national anthem Hatikvah. \\n\\nI added the third part, in case old Giuseppe lifted the original riff from a raga, which I - of course - suspect:)'