Circumstances Nad Tatrou sa blýska



notation in paulíny-tóth notebook (1844)


23-year-old janko matúška wrote lyrics of anthem in january - february 1844. tune came folk song kopala studienku (she digging well) suggested him fellow student jozef podhradský (1823 – 1915), future religious , pan-slavic activist , gymnasial teacher. shortly afterwards, matúška , 2 dozen other students left prestigious lutheran lyceum of pressburg (preparatory high school , college) in protest on removal of Ľudovít Štúr teaching position lutheran church under pressure authorities. territory of present-day slovakia part of kingdom of hungary within austrian empire then, , officials objected slovak nationalism.


lightning on tatras written during weeks when students agitated repeated denials of , others appeals school board reverse Štúr s dismissal. dozen of defecting students transferred lutheran gymnasium of levoča. when 1 of students, 18-year-old budding journalist , writer viliam pauliny-tóth (1826 – 1877), wrote down oldest known record of poem in school notebook in 1844, gave title of prešporskí slováci, budúci levočania (pressburg slovaks, future levočians), reflected motivation of origin.


the journey pressburg (present-day bratislava) levoča took students past high tatras, slovakia s , kingdom of hungary s highest, imposing, , symbolic mountain range. storm above mountains key theme in poem.








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