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Here are the lyrics to the Czech national anthem ‘Kde domov m\u016fj’, along with a brief history of the tune and words.<\/p>
The national anthem of the Czech Republic is ‘Kde domov m\u016fj’. The music was written by the Czech composer Franti\u0161ek \u0160kroup. The lyrics, meanwhile, came from playwright Josef Kajet\u00e1n Tyl.<\/p>
It was originally composed as incidental music to a play, Fidlova\u010dka aneb \u017d\u00e1dn\u00fd hn\u011bv a \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e1 rva\u010dka<\/em> (Fidlova\u010dka, or No Anger and No Brawl<\/em>), which was first performed in Prague on 21 December 1834. The song quickly became very popular with the Czech people, and became an informal ‘anthem’ while the country was under the control of the Habsburg<\/strong> empire<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p> When the nation of Czechoslovakia was formed in 1918, the first verse of the song became the Czech part of the national anthem. For the second part of the Czechoslovak national anthem, the nation chose the first verse of the Slovak song ‘Nad Tatrou sa bl\u00fdska’ – nowadays the national anthem of Slovakia<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p> Then, when Czechoslovakia split into the two nations in December 1992, the Czech Republic retained ‘Kde domov m\u016fj and Slovakia kept ‘Nad Tatrou sa bl\u00fdska’, as their respective national anthems. <\/p> In 1882, the great Czech composer Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k<\/a><\/strong> used ‘Kde domov m\u016fj’ as part of his incidental music to the play Josef Kajet\u00e1n Tyl<\/em> by Franti\u0161ek Ferdinand \u0160amberk. This overture<\/a><\/strong> is now often performed in its own right, and is known as Domov m\u016fj<\/em> (My Home).<\/p> ‘Kde domov m\u016fj’ translates into English as ‘Where my home is’.<\/p> Where my home is, where my home is, Where my home is, where my home is,Links with Dvo\u0159\u00e1k<\/h2>
What does ‘Kde domov m\u016fj’ mean?<\/h2>
Czech national anthem lyrics in English<\/h2>