Czechia National Anthem
Kde domov můj
Kde domov muj
Where Is My Home
1834
1993
Josef Kajetán Tyl
František Jan Škroup
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Key Facts
- 1. Tyl asked Škroup for a patriotic song for his comic play Fidlovačka; it was first sung at Prague's Estates Theatre on 21 December 1834 by the play's blind fiddler Mareš
- 2. During Czechoslovakia, it formed the first half of the joint anthem, followed by the Slovak anthem
- 3. The official anthem, the song's first stanza, describes the Czech land as 'an earthly paradise to behold' and mentions neither war nor enemies
Czechia National Anthem Lyrics
Kde domov můj? Kde domov můj?
Voda hučí po lučinách,
bory šumí po skalinách,
v sadě skví se jara květ,
zemský ráj to na pohled!
A to je ta krásná země,
země česká, domov můj,
země česká, domov můj!
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Analysis
EditorialOriginally from a comic play 'Fidlovačka' (1834) by Josef Kajetán Tyl with music by František Škroup. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic kept only the Czech portion as its anthem, while Slovakia took the Slovak part.
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Sources & References
- Zákon č. 3/1993 Sb., o státních symbolech České republiky (§ 7: státní hymnu tvoří první sloka) . Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu ČR (1993)
- Česká státní hymna . Vláda České republiky (2008)
- Krajanské informace, listopad 2010 (Česká hymna, p. 22) . Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí ČR (2010)
- ru.wikisource.org: Гимн Чехии . ru.wikisource.org
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