Hatikva La Mantovana

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&#39s 1600 collection of madrigals. The melody, later also known as &#34Ballo di Mantova&#34 or &#34Aria di Mantova&#34 gained wide currency in Renaissance Europe, being recorded variously as the Scottish “My mistress is prettie,” the Polish “Pod Krakowem,” Spanish &#34Virgen de la Cueva&#34 and the Ukrainian “Kateryna Kucheryava.&#34 It is best-known as the melody of Bedřich Smetana&#39s The Moldau and of the Israeli national anthem Hatikvah. I added the third part, in case old Giuseppe lifted the original riff from a raga, which I - of course - suspect:)