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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 (

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My Country. A Cycle of Symphonic Poems - Vltava (Moldau) (Allegro comodo, non agitato)
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The Moldau (Studio recording) (feat. Cleveland Orchestra & George Szell)
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Smetana: Má vlast, JB 1:112: II. Vltava "The Moldau" (Recorded 1983)
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My Country. A Cycle of Symphonic Poems - Vltava
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Vltava

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WALTER conducts DVORAK: SYMPHONY N. 8 (Restored in 2026) (feat. New York Philharmonic)

2026
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Bohemian Legacy

2026
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Greig: Peer Gynt; Smetana: Haakon Jarl

2025
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

2026
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Smetana: Má vlast, JB 1:112

2025
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Smetana: Má Vlast

2025
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

2026
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Segerstam in Aarhus

2025
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Russian String Quartets

2026
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Die Moldau

2025

Singles & EPs

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Má vlast, JB 1: 112: II. Vltava "The Moldau"

Single2025
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Má Vlast (LoFi Version)

Single2024
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Smetana: Die Moldau

Single2024
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La Moldau

Single2025
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Smetana: Vltava

Single2024
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Smetana The Moldau (Studio Recording) (feat. Cleveland Orchestra & George Szell)

EP2023
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Andante in E-Flat Major, JB 1:62

Single2025
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Smetana: Die Moldau "Vltava"

Single2024
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Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life" - Allegro

Single2025
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Smetana: The Moldau

Single2024

Videos

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Victor Borge - Best Piano Performance Ever!

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【解説付き】スメタナ:「ヴルタヴァ」(モルダウ)連作交響詩「わが祖国」より/Vltava (Die Moldau)Ma Vlast

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Accept - The Moldau B Smetana

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Гимн Израиля (Инструментальная версия) #гимнИзраиля #hatikva #nationalanthemofisrael

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

hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony256K views
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Moja Klasika #14 | Vltava | Bedžih Smetana | Der Moldau - Vltava | Smetana

Marko Burazor1.4K views
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Smetana: The Moldau | Czech Philharmonic & Semyon Bychkov

DW Classical Music131K views
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[Stanislav Kochanovsky] スメタナ:モルダウ Bedřich Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem

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Бедржих Сметана - Влтава (Moldau)

Galina Marzy141K views

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