- Source: Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori
"Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori" (Serbian: Убавој нам Црној Гори, English: To Our Beautiful Montenegro) was the national and state anthem of the Kingdom of Montenegro in the late 19th-early 20th century.[1] A popular song called "Onamo, 'namo!" (English: "There, o'er There!") also existed. The educational system had an honorific song, the Hymn to Saint Sava, which was sung in the Saint's honour.
The lyrics were made in 1865[2] by the Serb poet and a priest named Jovan Sundečić, who was the secretary of Prince Nikola I of Montenegro.[3] The music was composed by Jovo Ivanišević, drawing from "Uskliknimo s ljubavlju", hymn to Saint Sava[4] and later adapted by Anton Schulz.[5] The anthem was first performed on October 17, 1870, after which Prince Nikola declared it as the state anthem.[6] In 1993, it was one of the proposals during the unsuccessful negotiations to adopt a regional anthem of the then-Yugoslav republic of Montenegro.[7] The main problem was its monarchist lyrics, which were unfitting for Montenegro as at the time it was a republican state.
Lyrics
Notes
^ Glas Crnogorca, October 19, 1999: Jovan Markuš: Двије црногорске химне
^ Ослобођење, независност и уједињење Србије и Црне Горе, Химне Србије и Црне Горе
^ Medijaklub: Orao u tranziciji at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
References
External links
Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori on nationalanthems.info
[8] Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori with music and lyrics
[9] 0:38—The melody of Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori