Oj, Jelena, Jelena, jabuka zelena

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Oj, Jelena, Jelena, jabuka zelena is a well known Croatian folk song. ("Oh, Helen, Helen, green apple of mine")

The main theme of Joseph Haydn's London symphony no 104 in D major (movement IV) is based on this song.

  • Haydn included in his music about 30 Croatian folk melodies.
  • Haydn's melody Gott erhalte (actual German National Anthem) is evidenced from Croatian Littoral and environs of Međimurje and Gradisce (Burgenland) in Austria

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  • A CROATIAN COMPOSER, 1897, London (Seely and co. limited) by Sir William Henry Hadow (1859-1937)

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