Bedřich Smetana worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Bedřich Smetana as Czech composer.
Bedřich Smetana was born at Litomyšl in 1824. His recorded nationality is Austria. He trained at Akademické gymnázium Štěpánská.
This was the century of the virtuoso and the touring soloist, when a performer could become famous across a continent.
He worked as composer, conductor and teacher.
The instruments recorded are piano and violin.
His work is classed as classical music, opera and symphonic poem.
He performed with Umělecká beseda.
Among his best-known works are The Bartered Bride, Má vlast and String Quartet No. 1. A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
That the work came out of Austria shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Bedřich Smetana died in 1884, aged 60. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: The Bartered Bride
- Notable work: Má vlast
- Notable work: String Quartet No. 1
- Instruments: piano and violin
- Genres: classical music, opera and symphonic poem
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