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Audio Recording Kde domov muj? (The Czech National Anthem) Translated title: [Where is my home?]

[Kde domov muj?] (The Czech National Anthem)

About this Item

Title

  • Kde domov muj? (The Czech National Anthem)

Other Title

  • Translated title: [Where is my home?]

Names

  • Morris, Alton Chester (Collector)
  • Morris, Alton Chester (Speaker)
  • Jakubcin, Julia (Performer)

Created / Published

  • Slavia, Florida

Headings

  • -  National songs
  • -  Czech Americans--Music
  • -  Slovak Americans
  • -  Songs
  • -  United States -- Florida -- Seminole County -- Slavia

Genre

  • Songs

Notes

  • -  The Slavia colony in Florida was established by Slovaks who had first settled in Cleveland in 1912.
  • -  Performer referred to elsewhere as Julia Jacubcin
  • -  The first stanza to this song, preceding the first stanza to the Slovak National Anthem, constituted the national anthem of the Czechoslovak Republic beginning in 1918. Since 1993, the first two stanzas of this song have served as the national anthem of the independent Czech Republic.
  • -  Performance Note: "Kde domov muj? (The Czech National Anthem)" (vocals) performed by Julia Jakubcin at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Slavia, Florida, on September 1, 1939.

Medium

  • Sound disc : analog ; 12 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1939/026: AFS 03539 B03

Source Collection

  • Alton C. Morris Florida WPA recordings (AFC 1939/026)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line

Please cite the source collection title, collection number, and repository, for example:

  • Resettlement Administration Recordings Collection (AFC 1939/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Stetson Kennedy and Robert Cook Florida WPA Recordings (AFC 1939/013), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Alton C. Morris Florida WPA recordings (AFC 1939/026), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Florida WPA Recordings, 1940 (AFC 1940/011), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center correspondence files, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Morris, Alton Chester, Alton Chester Morris, and Julia Jakubcin. Kde domov muj? The Czech National Anthem. Slavia, Florida, 1939. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/flwpa000247/.

APA citation style:

Morris, A. C., Morris, A. C. & Jakubcin, J. (1939) Kde domov muj? The Czech National Anthem. Slavia, Florida. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/flwpa000247/.

MLA citation style:

Morris, Alton Chester, Alton Chester Morris, and Julia Jakubcin. Kde domov muj? The Czech National Anthem. Slavia, Florida, 1939. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/flwpa000247/>.