''My Home'' (), Op. 62, B. 125a, is an
overture in C major by Czech composer
Antonín Dvořák. He wrote this
symphonic poem between December 1881 and January 23 of the next year as one of nine numbers comprising incidental music for the play ''Josef Kajetán Tyl'' by
František Ferdinand Šamberk, but it is usually performed alone as a concert work of about ten minutes.
The score’s
sonata form develops two song-themes associated with the drama’s titular protagonist,
himself a Czech playwright: ''
Kde domov můj
"" (), known in English as "Where My Home Is", is the national anthem of the Czech Republic. It was composed by František Škroup and written by Josef Kajetán Tyl.
History
The piece was written as a part of the incidental music to the co ...
'' by
František Škroup and the folktune ''Na tom našem dvoře''.
Škroup composed ''Kde domov můj (Where my home is)'' in 1834 to a text by Tyl; it soon became popular and eventually became the Czech
national anthem. ''Na tom našem dvoře'' was customarily sung in productions of ''Strakonický dudák (The Bagpiper of Strakonice)'', one of Tyl's most popular plays.
Partial discography
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Karel Ančerl conducting the
Czech Philharmonic,
Supraphon SU 11 1998 (1962)
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István Kertész cond.
London Symphony Orchestra,
Decca SXL 6273 (Kingsway Hall, Dec. 8-10, 1965)
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Witold Rowicki cond. London Symphony Orchestra,
Decca 4782296 (1970)
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Rafael Kubelík cond.
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks,
Deutsche Grammophon 469366 (rec. 1975)
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Václav Neumann cond. Czech Philharmonic, Supraphon SU 3818-2 (rec. 1982)
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André Previn cond.
Los Angeles Philharmonic,
Telarc 80173 (1988)
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Neeme Järvi cond.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (1986–1987),
Chandos 241-3 (1989)
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Bohumil Gregor cond. Czech Philharmonic (1987), Supraphon SU 11 0378-2 (1990)
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Libor Pešek cond. Czech Philharmonic,
Virgin Classics 45127 (1995)
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Otmar Suitner cond.
Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin Classics 93112 (1996)
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Theodore Kuchar cond.
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Brilliant Classics 92297 (2004)
References
External links
Info on a comprehensive Dvorak site*
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Compositions by Antonín Dvořák
1882 compositions
Incidental music
Overtures by Antonín Dvořák