Legacy
During his lifetime he was recognized for having composed three major songs which are popular to this day:
- the music for the Croatian national anthem Lijepa naša domovino (Our beautiful homeland)
- "Rado Srbin ide u Vojnike" (Gladly will the Serb Enlist in the Army)
- Ljubimo te Naša Diko (Hrvati svome banu) - Song composed in honour of Josip Jelačić.
There are several schools in Croatia named after Runjanin, most notably the elementary Music School of Josip Runjanin (Osnovna glazbena škola Josipa Runjanina) in Vinkovci.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)