About this edition
My Homeland (Domov můj), Op. 62, is Dvořák's concert overture built on the melody that Czechs would come to sing as their national anthem, František Škroup's "Kde domov můj?" ("Where Is My Home?"). Composed in 1882 as the orchestral prelude to incidental music for a patriotic stage tribute to the dramatist Josef Kajetán Tyl, it interweaves that beloved song with a bright, dance-inflected counter-theme to form one of the composer's most direct musical declarations of national belonging. First heard in Prague in the summer of 1882, this compact yet warmly scored piece rewards both concert programming and close study as a model of Dvořák's gift for spinning symphonic argument from a simple tune.
This printing reproduces the first edition issued by N. Simrock in Berlin in 1882, bearing plate number 8306. Simrock had been Dvořák's principal publisher since 1878, when the Moravian Duets and the first set of Slavonic Dances carried his name across Europe, and the firm's carefully engraved scores were prepared in direct correspondence with the composer. As the earliest published form of the full score, this Simrock edition stands as a primary source for the work, documenting the text as it first reached conductors and orchestras.
About this edition:
- Complete full orchestral score
- Page size: 8.5 x 11 inches
- Reproduced from a public domain source
- Publisher: Purple 4R Publishing
This volume brings a historical public domain score back into print, making a cherished work of the Czech repertoire easy to hold, mark, and share. We are glad to help conductors, orchestral players, students, and scholars keep it on the stand and on the shelf.
