National Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1919–1941 national anthem of Yugoslavia
English:
"Hymn of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes" (1919–1929)
English: "National Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia" (1929–1941) |
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Former national anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
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Lyrics | Jovan Đorđević , Antun Mihanović , and Simon Jenko , [lower-alpha 1] 1918 [lower-alpha 2] |
Music | Davorin Jenko and Josif Runjanin , [lower-alpha 3] 1918 [lower-alpha 4] |
Adopted | 1919 ( 1919 ) |
Relinquished | 1941 ( 1941 ) |
Preceded by |
"
Bože pravde
" (as
Kingdom of Serbia
)
" Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori (as Kingdom of Montenegro ) " Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser " (as part of Austria-Hungary ) " Shumi Maritsa " and " Anthem of His Majesty the Tsar " (as part of Kingdom of Bulgaria ) |
Succeeded by |
"
Hey, Slavs
" (as
Socialist Yugoslavia
)
" Deutschlandlied " and " Horst-Wessel-Lied " (as part of Nazi Germany ) " Lijepa naša domovino " (as part of Independent State of Croatia ) " Marcia Reale " and " Giovinezza " (as part of Fascist Kingdom of Italy ) " Himnusz " (as part of Kingdom of Hungary ) " Shumi Maritsa " and " Anthem of His Majesty the Tsar " (as part of Kingdom of Bulgaria ) |
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"National anthem of Kingdom of Yugoslavia" (instrumental)
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The " National anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia " ( Serbo-Croatian : Himna Kraljevine Jugoslavije , Химна Краљевине Југославије , lit. ' Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ' ) was created in December 1918 from the national anthems of the Kingdom's three historical constituent lands: Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (Croatia), Kingdom of Serbia (Serbia) and Duchy of Carniola (Slovenia).
At the time, the Yugoslav authorities considered the three dominant South Slavic ethnic groups – Croats , Serbs , and Slovenes – as three interchangeable names for one ethnic group ( Serbo-Croatian and Slovene : narod "nation" or "people"), while the Pan-Slavic politicians and parts of academia viewed them as three subgroups of one South Slavic nation ( Croatian : Jugoslaveni , Serbian : Jugosloveni , Југословени Slovene : Jugoslovani ; " Yugoslavs "). Accordingly, the official language was thus called Serbo-Croato-Slovene . [lower-alpha 5]
History
Although a law on the national anthem did not exist, the anthems of all three South Slavic nations were unified into a single anthem of the Kingdom. It started with a few measures from the Serbian anthem " Bože pravde ", continued with a few lines from the Croatian anthem " Lijepa naša domovino ", which were in turn followed by a few lines from the traditional Slovenian anthem " Naprej zastava slave ". The anthem finished with some lines from the Serbian anthem again.
It was officially used between 1919 and 1941; there was no official document that declared it invalid or void. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was not in effect after the April capitulation .
Lyrics
Serbo-Croatian [1] | Poetic English Translation |
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Боже правде, Ти што спасе
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God of justice, save thy people,
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See also
Notes
- ↑ Đorđević wrote " Bože pravde ", Mihanović wrote " Lijepa naša domovino ", and Jenko wrote " Naprej zastava slave ".
- ↑ Arranged in 1918, lyrics' dates vary.
- ↑ Jenko composed "Bože pravde" and "Naprej zastava slave"; Runjanin composed "Lijepa naša domovino".
- ↑ Arranged in 1918, compositions' dates vary.
- ↑ In practice however, Slovene was given no leeway as the language was a standardized form of much more widely used Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian, written in both Gaj's Latin and Serbian Cyrillic . The dialects of the languages, however, form a coherent Western South Slavic dialect continuum , where Kajkavian dialect merges into Slovene dialects . The anthem itself was partially in Slovene.
- ↑ This verse was changed to "Краља Александра, Боже храни," ("God sustain and guide King Alexander") during the reign of Alexander I of Yugoslavia .
References
- ↑ Textbook for the 3rd class of primary schools in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, editor: S. Čajkovac PhD, 1934.
External links
- Media related to National anthems of Yugoslavia at Wikimedia Commons
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