Bedrich Smetana (Composer)
Born: 2nd March 1824, Litonysl, Czechia
Died: 12th May 1884, Prague, Czechia
Nationality: Czech
Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival." He has been regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. Internationally he is best known for his opera The Bartered Bride and for the symphonic cycle Má vlast ("My Fatherland"), which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native Bohemia. It contains the famous symphonic poem "Vltava", also popularly known by its German name "Die Moldau" (in English, "The Moldau").
Smetana was naturally gifted as a composer, and gave his first public performance at the age of 6. After conventional schooling, he studied music under Josef Proksch in Prague.
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Recording of the Week,
Smetana from the Pavel Haas Quartet
James listens to the Pavel Haas Quartet's new disc of Smetana's String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2.
Recording of the Week,
Two legendary performances
Rostropovich’s legendary account of the Dvorak Cello Concerto from the 1968 Proms, and Václav Talich’s emotionally-charged 1939 performance of Smetana’s Má Vlast, given at the National Theatre in Prague shortly after the Nazis entered the city.
Popular Genres: Smetana
Popular Works: Smetana
- 3 Polkas de Salon,B94 Op. 7 (7)
- 3 Polkas poétiques,B95 Op. 8 (5)
- Album Leaves (4)
- České tance (Czech Dances) for piano, Book 1 (7)
- České tance (Czech Dances) for piano, Book 2 (7)
- Dalibor (5)
- Dreams (8)
- Festive Overture in D major, Op. 4 (5)
- Festive Symphony in E major, Op. 6 (10)
- From the Homeland - two duos for violin and piano (21)
- From the Homeland: No. 2 Andantino (6)
- Hakon Jarl (9)
- How do I feel? (from Dalibor) (6)
- Libuse Overture (5)
- Má Vlast (88)
- Má Vlast: Vysehrad (7)
- Má Vlast: Z ceských luhu a háju (11)
- Macbeth & The Witches (4)
- Nasim devám, polka for orchestra in D major (9)
- Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15 (56)
- Polka in A minor (No. 2 from Czech Dances for piano, Book 1) (4)
- Richard III (9)
- Shakespeare Fanfares (5)
- Sketches, Op. 4 (5)
- Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebrations (6)
- Sonata movement for 2 pianos, 8 hands in E minor (6)
- Souvenirs (4) de Bohème en forme de polka Opp. 12 & 13 (B115-16) (5)
- String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life' (57)
- String Quartet No. 2 in D minor (27)
- The Bartered Bride (16)
- The Bartered Bride Overture (84)
- The Bartered Bride: Furiant (7)
- The Bartered Bride: Polka (10)
- The Bartered Bride: Skocná - Dance of the Comedians (24)
- The Bartered Bride: Three Dances (Polka, Furiant, Skocná - Dance of the Comedians) (27)
- The Kiss Overture (5)
- The Peasant Woman (Venkovanka) (6)
- The Prague Carnival - Introduction & Polonaise (8)
- Vltava (from Má Vlast) (140)
- Wallenstein's Camp (9)
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