Description
"Kde domov muj" (English: "Where My Home Is") is the national anthem of the Czech Republic, written by the composer František Jan Škroup - (3 June 1801 in Osice near Hradec Králové – 7 February 1862 in Rotterdam) and the playwright Josef Kajetán Tyl (4 February 1808 – 11 July 1856. The piece was written as a part of the incidental music to the comedy "Fidlovacka aneb Zadny hnev a zadna rvacka" (Fidlovacka, or
No Anger and No Brawl). It was first performed by Karel Strakaty at the Estates Theatre in Prague on 21 December 1834. The original song consists of two verses. 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. Arranged for guitar by Andrey Shilov.