David Stewart wrote:

>Examples can be found in folk songs of the world, certain patriotic songs
>like the ones already mentioned, and in the occasional "classical" work.

A perfect example is the hymn theme from War and Peace by Prokofiev,
finally sung by the full chorus after it has been heard in previous acts.

Does any one know if it was invented by Prokofiev? Or is it a folk tune
like the well-known Slava.

Willem Vijvers <[log in to unmask]>