Min izāmō | |
English Title: | "My Fatherland" |
Prefix: | Ethnic |
Country: | the Livonians |
Composer: | Fredrik (Friedrich) Pacius |
Music Date: | 1848 |
Author: | Kōrli Stalte |
Lyrics Date: | 1923 |
Sound: | US Navy band - National anthem of Estonia.ogg |
Sound Title: | Min izāmō (instrumental) |
"Min izāmō" ("My Fatherland"; Latvian: Mana tēvzeme) is the ethnic anthem of the Livonians. The song was written by Kōrli Stalte (1870–1947), a poet and spiritual leader of Livonians, to a melody composed by Fredrik Pacius (the same melody used for the anthems of Finland and Estonia). It is written in the Livonian language. The anthem was first sung by the Livonian Union’s four-part choir at the Livonian flag-raising celebration at the fall of 1923.[1]