Bedrich Smetana
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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Interview,
Kateřina Kněžíková on Strauss and Janáček
The Czech soprano discusses her new recording of the 'Vier letzte Lieder' with her friend Jakub Hrůša, and reflects on her recent transition into more dramatic repertoire - beginning with Káťa Kabanová at Glyndebourne in 2021.
Box Set Deep-Dive,
Smetana's Complete Operas on Supraphon
Our guest-contributor Rob Cowan explores Supraphon's complete edition of the Czech composer's eight finished operas plus the fragment Viola - made in Prague and Brno between 1960 and 1983, the recordings were reissued in July to mark the bicentenary of Smetana's birth.
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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 (6)
- Dreams (8)
- Festive Overture in D major, Op. 4 (5)
- Festive Symphony in E major, Op. 6 (11)
- From the Homeland - two duos for violin and piano (22)
- From the Homeland: No. 2 Andantino (7)
- Hakon Jarl (10)
- How do I feel? (from Dalibor) (6)
- Libuse Overture (5)
- Louisen-polka (4)
- Má Vlast (90)
- Má Vlast: Vltava (134)
- Má Vlast: Vysehrad (6)
- 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 (59)
- Polka in A minor (No. 2 from Czech Dances for piano, Book 1) (4)
- Richard III (10)
- Sketches, Op. 4 (6)
- 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) (6)
- String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life' (61)
- String Quartet No. 2 in D minor (26)
- The Bartered Bride (18)
- The Bartered Bride Overture (77)
- The Bartered Bride: Furiant (7)
- The Bartered Bride: Polka (10)
- The Bartered Bride: Skocná - Dance of the Comedians (29)
- The Bartered Bride: Three Dances (Polka, Furiant, Skocná - Dance of the Comedians) (25)
- The Kiss Overture (5)
- The Peasant Woman (Venkovanka) (6)
- The Prague Carnival - Introduction & Polonaise (8)
- Wallenstein's Camp (10)
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