Bedřich Smetana (1 gen 1824 anni – 1 gen 1884 anni)

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a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He has been regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music.

Smetana
A. Introduction
1. The ideas proposed by the New German School influenced composers in other areas as
well, notably Smetana (considered the first important nationalist composer from the Czech
lands).

A Czech Abroad
1. While the use of the Czech increased in the last half of the nineteenth century, Smetana’s music was not appreciated.
2. He left Prague, moving to Sweden.
3. He visited Liszt in Weimar and joined the New German School. He became one of the
most progressive composers in Europe, but music history has been written differently.
4. Smetana returned to Prague to write a Czech opera (for a competition) for a new
national theater.
5. Smetana wrote seven operas in different genres.
a. He did not use folk songs but did follow the rhythms of Czech speech patterns.
b. Despite this, today Smetana is considered a nationalist composer.
c. It might be because the Czechness (českost) does not come directly from style but from musical symbols which carry associations. This national river also originated in Sweden.

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