Where Is My Home - František Škroup / Josef Kajetán Tyl
The song "Kde domov můj?" (Where Is My Home) was performed in public for the first time at the Estates Theatre in Prague on 21st December 1834 in the musical farce entitled "Fidlovačka aneb Žádný hněv a žádná rvačka" ("Fidlovačka, or No Anger and No Brawl"). This song has assumed an irreplaceable position in Czech history ever since. The source for the publication of Škroup's song Kde domov můj? (Where Is My Home?) was an autograph score from the year 1834.
The song "Where is my home?" by František Škroup (1801 - 1862) and Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808 - 1856), number 19 in the play, is sung by Mareš, a blind violinist. Škroup's instrumentation of the piece is modest - the singer (bass) is accompanied by solo violin, solo French horn, two supporting violins, a viola, a violoncello, a contrabass, and two bassoons.
One of the "first-nighters" wrote about the reactions the song "Where Is My Home?" gave rise to: "[...] The singer, the first bassist Karel Strakatý, who had enacted the role of the violinist-beggar, was called onto the stage together with the poet and the composer. At that instant none could have foreseen the future of the song; yet, whoever had heard the song asked about it instantly after the performance; they learned it, both the music and the lyrics, by heart. And thus it happened that the song spread surprisingly fast not only among students, but also among people at large."
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