Má vlast
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Má vlast, also known as My Fatherland, is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana. The six pieces, conceived as individual works, are often pr
Smetana, before 1880
Vyšehrad above the Vltava River
The Vltava in Prague
Šárka and Ctirad: Věnceslav Černý
Bedřich Smetana
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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 re
Má vlast
…Má vlast (Czech pronunciation: ), also known as My Fatherland, is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana. The six pieces, conceived as individual works, are often presented and recorded as a single work in six movements. They premiered separately between…
František Smetana by Antonín Machek (1832)
Oil portrait of Smetana by Geskel Saloman (1854)
Gothenburg, Sweden, Smetana's base between 1856 and 1861
Prague Conservatoire (modern photograph): Smetana's bid to become its director failed.