A score book, dated 1912, is hosted in the New National Library in Jerusalem. Among other Israeli and traditional songs, one is the National Anthem, Hatikva “The hope”.
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This is an example of an attempt to write “Hebrew” scores from right to left, such that the text is read “correctly”.
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Obviously, it did not last…
Today the way Hebrew texts are set to scores is simply by separating the syllables and correlating them to the notes, respectively.
– Gabriela Crane