| English: Our Beautiful Homeland | |
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National anthem of Croatia |
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| Lyrics | Antun Mihanović, 1835 |
| Music | Josip Runjanin, 1861 |
| Adopted | 29 February 1972 |
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Lijepa naša domovino (instrumental)
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"Lijepa naša domovino" ("Our Beautiful Homeland") is the national anthem of Croatia. It is often referred to as just "Lijepa naša" ("Our Beautiful") in Croatia, which is also a phrase widely used as a metonym for the country.
The original lyrics were written by Antun Mihanović and first published under the title "Horvatska domovina" ("Croatian homeland") in 1835. The author of music has not been indisputably determined although the late 19th century tradition suggests that it might have been the music amateur Josip Runjanin (1821–1878). It has not been known what was the original form of the melody because the first copy has not been recovered to this day.
The complete song was reportedly scored and harmonized by Vatroslav Lichtenegger in 1861 and based on the singing of his students, trainee teachers. It was first performed as the Croatian anthem in the same year, under the title "Lijepa naša". The original anthem has 15 verses. Since then it has come to be known under the slightly longer present title and a few minor adjustments have been made to the lyrics.
Between 1918 and 1941, segments of the Croatian national anthem were part of the national anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and it was unofficial hymn of Croats.
During World War II, in the Independent State of Croatia it was also used as state anthem, but never officially recognized as one.
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The song originally consisted of fourteen verses but today, only verses one, two, thirteen, and fourteen are part of the national anthem.
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