The Maidens' War
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The Maidens' War is a tale in Bohemian tradition about an uprising of women against men. According to legend, it occurred sometime in the 8th century. It first appeared in the twelfth-century Chronica
The Maidens' War, painted by Adolf Liebscher
Šárka and Ctirad, Painted by Věnceslav Černý
Ctirad and Šárka, sculpture by Josef Václav Myslbek (1881) at Vyšehrad
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
The Maidens' War
…burned, and the women's rule ended. Bedřich Smetana depicted the Maiden's War in Šárka (1875), which is also part of his collection of symphonic poems, Má vlast. The legend inspired the composition of multiple operas, including Zdeněk Fibich's Šárka (1897) and Leoš Janáček's opera (1918/1924) by the same name…
Smetana, before 1880
Vyšehrad above the Vltava River
The Vltava in Prague