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Bedrich Smetana
Bedrich Smetana was the Bohemia’s pianist and composer. He was born in 1824 in Leitomischl, small town in eastern Bohemia, present day Czech Republic. Smetana was a gifted child. He debuted in a string quartet at the age of five, and as a pianist only one year later. He wrote his first piano piece when he was eight years old, and at the age of fifteen he composed his first string quartet. Smetana’s father was a music lover who gave to his son much musical training.
Bedich Smetana gained the worldwide fame with opera “Bartered Bride”. He’s, however, the best known for opera “My Country”. Smetana lived and composed in mid and second part of the nineteenth century. That period is well known as a period of bad political conditions in Europe. Many revolutions had struck Bohemia and the rest of the Europe. Austria was extremely powerful in that period. German was the official language in Bohemia and Smetana couldn...
Bedrich Smetana was the Bohemia’s pianist and composer. He was born in 1824 in Leitomischl, small town in eastern Bohemia, present day Czech Republic. Smetana was a gifted child. He debuted in a string quartet at the age of five, and as a pianist only one year later. He wrote his first piano piece when he was eight years old, and at the age of fifteen he composed his first string quartet. Smetana’s father was a music lover who gave to his son much musical training.
Bedich Smetana gained the worldwide fame with opera “Bartered Bride”. He’s, however, the best known for opera “My Country”. Smetana lived and composed in mid and second part of the nineteenth century. That period is well known as a period of bad political conditions in Europe. Many revolutions had struck Bohemia and the rest of the Europe. Austria was extremely powerful in that period. German was the official language in Bohemia and Smetana couldn...
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