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2 unusual facts about Josip Runjanin


Josip Runjanin

The Runjanin family originated from the village of Runjani in Jadar, in the Drina valley (western Serbia).

It is generally agreed that Runjanin, an amateur musician, composed the music for Mihanović's patriotic Croatian song Lijepa naša domovina in 1848 using inspiration from Gaetano Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor.



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