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: "Where My Home Is") is the

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of the

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, written by the composer

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and the playwright

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History

The piece was written as a part of the incidental music to the comedy ''Fidlovačka aneb Žádný hněv a žádná rvačka'' (Fidlovačka, or No Anger and No Brawl). It was first performed by Karel Strakatý at the

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on 21 December 1834. The original song consists of two verses (see below). Although J. K. Tyl is said to have considered leaving the song out of the play, not convinced of its quality, it soon became very popular among Czechs and was accepted as an informal anthem of a nation seeking to revive its identity within the Habsburg monarchy. Soon after

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was formed in 1918, the first verse of the song became the Czech part of the national anthem, followed by the first verse of the Slovak song "

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". The songs reflected the two nations' concerns in the 19th century when they were confronted with the already fervent national-ethnic activism of the

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and the

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, their fellow ethnic groups in the Habsburg Monarchy. Because of the linguistic and ethnic diversity of the First Republic, official translations were made into Hungarian and

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as well. With the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czechoslovak anthem was divided as well. While

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extended its anthem by adding a second verse, the

's national anthem was adopted unextended, in its single-verse version. In 1882, Antonín Dvořák used ''Kde domov můj'' in his incidental music to the František Ferdinand Šamberk play ''Josef Kajetán Tyl'', Op. 62, B. 125. The overture is often played separately as a concert work entitled '' Domov můj'' (''My Home'').

Lyrics

Original lyrics (from Fidlovačka, 1834)

National anthem of Czechoslovakia 1918–1992

The first stanza, along with that of the Slovak song

which is nowadays the national anthem of

, became from 1918 to 1992 the national anthem of

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Current lyrics (adapted version)

The following are the lyrics according to Appendix 6 of Czech Act No. 3/1993 Coll., as adapted by Act No. 154/1998 Coll.

Notes

References

External links

Czech Republic: ''Kde domov můj?'' – Audio of the national anthem of the Czech Republic, with information and lyricsarchive link

– The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a page about state symbols that includes a copy of the music of the anthem.

– female solo, male solo, choir, and orchestral versions. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kde Domov Muj? European anthems National symbols of the Czech Republic Czech songs Czech anthems 1834 songs National anthems National anthem compositions in E major