Hey, Slavs
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"Hey, Slavs" is a patriotic song dedicated to the Slavs and widely considered to be the Pan-Slavic anthem. It was adapted and adopted as the national anthem of various Slavic-speaking nations, movements and organizations during the late 19th and 20th century.
English: Hey, Slavs | |
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Former national anthem of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Slovak State | |
Also known as | "Hej, Slovenci" "Hej, Słowianie" |
Lyrics | Samuel Tomášik, 1834 |
Music | Composer unknown, 18th century (arranged by Oskar Danon)[1] |
Adopted | 1939 (by Slovak State) 1945 (by Yugoslavia, de facto) 1977 (by Yugoslavia, de jure provisionally) 1988 (by Yugoslavia, de jure constitutionally) 1992 (by Serbia and Montenegro) |
Relinquished | 1945 (by Slovak State) 1992 (by Yugoslavia) 2006 (by Serbia and Montenegro) |
Audio sample | |
"Hey, Slavs" (instrumental, both verses) | |
Its lyrics were first written in 1834 under the title "Hey, Slovaks" ("Hej, Slováci") by Samo Tomášik and it has since served as the anthem of the Pan-Slavic movement, the organizational anthem of the Sokol movement, and the national anthems of the First Slovak Republic, Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.[2][3] It was composed to the tune of "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" from 1797,[4][2] which was adopted as the national anthem of Poland in 1926, but the Yugoslav variation has a slower tempo, is more accentuated, and does not repeat the last four lines as it repeats the last two lines.[5] The composer is unknown, although modern renditions of the song often used a World War II-era arrangement by Oskar Danon.[1]