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Bedřich Smetana
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 1866 opera The Bartered Bride and for the symphonic cycle Má vlast, 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". Smetana was naturally gifted as a composer, and gave his first public performance at the age of six. After conventional schooling, he studied music under Josef Proksch in Prague. His first nationalistic music was written during the 1848 Prague uprising, in which he briefly participated. After failing to establish his career in Prague, he left for Sweden, where he set up as a teacher and choirmaster in Gothenburg, and began to write large-scale orchestral works. In the early 1860s, a more liberal political climate in Bohemia encouraged Smetana to return permanently to Prague. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedřich_Smetana) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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My Country. A Cycle of Symphonic Poems - Vltava (Moldau) (Allegro comodo, non agitato)
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Smetana: Má vlast, JB 1:112: II. Vltava "The Moldau" (Recorded 1983)
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Vltava
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My Country. A Cycle of Symphonic Poems - Vltava
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Smetana: Má vlast, JB 1:112: II. Vltava "The Moldau" (Recorded 1967)

Albums

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Segerstam In Aarhus

2025
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Smetana: String Quartets

2025
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Smetana: Orchestral Works (Remastered 2024) (Live)

2024
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Die Moldau

2025
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Cook, Eat, Listen to Classical Music

2024
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Karajan A-Z: Sibelius - Smetana

2024
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Smetana: Má Vlast

2025
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Keys

2024
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Greig: Peer Gynt; Smetana: Haakon Jarl

2025
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Evening Songs

2024

Singles & EPs

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La Moldau

Single2025
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Mein Vaterland, Jb 1:112: No. 2, Die Moldau

EP2023
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Národní umělci jubilejní sezóny - Eduard Haken

Single2022
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Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life" - Allegro

Single2025
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Má Vlast, JB 1:112: No. 2, Vltava

Single2023
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Dvořák, Suk, Smetana, Nedbal: Festive Works

EP2019
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Smetana: Die Moldau "Vltava"

Single2024
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Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15: III. Finale. Presto (Live)

Single2022
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Smetana The Moldau (Studio Recording) (feat. Cleveland Orchestra & George Szell)

EP2023
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String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor "From My Life": II. Allegro moderato alla Polka

Single2022

Videos

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Die Moldau von Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) animierte Bilder zur Musik

Digital Education181K views
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Proč bychom se netěšili

HomoHumanus456K views
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Keri-Lynn Wilson and Asmik Grigorian: Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata (Puccini)

Keri-Lynn Wilson1.6K views
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Smetana: The Moldau | Czech Philharmonic & Semyon Bychkov

DW Classical Music20K views
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Smetana: The Moldau (Czech National Symphony Orchestra)

Christopher MacIntyre31K views
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Бедржих Сметана - Влтава (Moldau)

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"El Moldava" de "Mi Patria". Bedrich Smetana

YouMoreTv - Cultura256K views
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Smetana: Die verkaufte Braut – Ouvertüre ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada

hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony147K views
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The Eye of the World Main Theme : The Wheel of Time (fan chosen music) - Vltava

The Car'a'carn1.6K views

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