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Saturday, May 07, 2005

BBC 5 May, 2005:

An Israeli composer admitted on her deathbed to plagiarising a tune that has become a national victory anthem.

Naomi Shemer, one Israel's best loved songwriters, made her confession about the song, Jerusalem of Gold, to another composer before she died last year.

The song was adopted by Israeli forces celebrating East Jerusalem's capture from the Arabs during the 1967 War.

After years of angry denials, Shemer wrote that she had in fact used the melody of a Basque lullaby.

"I consider the entire affair a regrettable work accident - so regrettable that it may be the reason for me taking ill,"

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| Posted at 17:15 | PERMA-LINK |

Comments:
At least the US writer who plagiarized "God Save The King" had the decency to admit it when he wrote "America".


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posted by  Anonymous : 8/5/05 01:21

 

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