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| By: israelinsider staff and partners |
| Published: May 5, 2005 |
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A few days before her death last June, songwriter, poet and Israel Prize laureate Naomi Shemer confessed to a friend that she had based the melody to her renowned song from 1967, "Jerusalem of Gold," on a Basque lullaby.
In the letter obtained by Haaretz, Shemer told composer Gil Aldema that she had used the Basque lullaby unwittingly and that when she realized what she had done, she panicked.
"I consider the entire affair a regrettable work accident -- so regrettable that it may be the reason for me taking ill," she wrote to Aldema, another Israel Prize laureate who initiated the composition of the song. "You are the only person in the world -- besides my family -- who should know the truth about 'Jerusalem of Gold,' and here is the truth," Shemer wrote.
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In letter, Naomi Shemer admitted lifting 'Jerusalem of Gold' tune
- (Tom Segev )
05.5.2005
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