Bedrich SMETANA
Bed?ich Smetanaprononciation, born March 2, 1824 at the Litomy and died on 12 May 1884 in Prague, was a Czech composer. It is famous for his symphonic poem Vltava (Moldau in German), the second of a six entitled Má vlast ("My Fatherland"), and for his opera The Bartered Bride. Bedrich Smetana was born in Bohemia of a father brewer. The only one to reach adulthood among eleven children, he learned piano and violin as a child. At age eight he already made up, but his father sees his musical career he bad, he wants to make an economist Bedrich. However, after graduating high school in Pilsen, Bed?ich studied music in Prague, where he became music master to Count Leopold Thun. Franz Liszt is supported financially to publish his first works and found a music school in 1848. He enlisted in the Czech nationalist movement. Smetana married in August 1849. After a few years, it will lose three of his four daughters and his wife will suffer from tuberculosis. In 1856, Smetana moved to Gothenburg, where he led a business teacher, conductor and composer of chamber music. Back in Prague in 1863, he founded another school of music, in order to promote Czech music. He was appointed conductor of the opera in Prague in 1866, where some Antonín Dvo?ák played the viola and also composes. The two men quickly bind friendship. In 1874, because of his deafness due to syphilis, he had to relinquish the post of conductor, and devoted himself exclusively to composition. In 1875, sick, Smetana took refuge in Jabkenice, a village in Central Bohemia, with his daughter ?ofie. Smetana was interned in a psychiatric hospital in Prague in 1883, and died May 12, 1884. He is buried at the cemetery in Prague Vy ehrad. Smetana was the first composer to use elements in his music specifically Czech. His operas are based on Czech themes, and he used a lot of rhythms and melodies of Czech folklore in his compositions. Brandenburgers in Bohemia, is the first opera written entirely in Czech. It deeply influenced the musical life of the country of Bohemia, not only by his art of composition but by its involvement in the arts in Prague. The influence of his work does not confine himself to his countrymen (Antonín Dvo?ák, Zden?k Fibich) since as composer Arnold Schoenberg will recognize his debt to Smetana. The Prague Spring, famous classical music festival, opens every year on May 12, the anniversary of Smetana's death, by an interpretation of Vltava. Google machine translation: Bedrich SMETANA's original bio |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Désiré DONDEYNE Publisher : Robert Martin Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Original music |
Set Wind Band (SMET02367-BA) : 139,94 Full score (SMET02367-CO) : 39,14 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Pierre DUPONT Publisher : Robert Martin Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (SMET02339-BA) : 221,56 Full score (SMET02339-CO) : 50,32 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Vaclav NELHYBEL Publisher : Warner Alfred Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
(W-BD9735) : 110,78 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : Warner Alfred Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Polkas |
(W-00-29486) : 110,78 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : Tierolff Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (TIR150050-BA) : 148,82 Full score (TIR150050-CO) : 32,57 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : Tierolff Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (TIR122300-BA) : 77,04 Full score (TIR122300-CO) : 21,27 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Karel BELOHOUBEK Publisher : Rundel Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (RUN2300-BA) : 90,00 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : Martinus Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (MT101218-BA) : 153,29 Full score (MT101218-CO) : 30,66 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : YO KITANO Publisher : Martinus Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Full score (MT0176109-CO) : 16,88 Set Wind Band (MT0176109-BA) : 82,29 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : YO KITANO Publisher : Martinus Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Polkas |
(MT0170509.BA) : 92,84 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : José SCHYNS Publisher : Martinus Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (MT0148919-BA) : 161,24 Full score (MT0148919-CO) : 32,25 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Willy HAUTVAST Publisher : Molenaar Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (MOL013110050-BA) : 70,26 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : Molenaar Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (MOL010698080-BA) : 169,52 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : ROMAN M. SILBERER Publisher : Frank Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (MF119-BA) : 197,50 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : De Haske Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (HDH950619.01-BA) : 134,04 Full score (HDH950619.01-CO) : 38,30 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : De Haske Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (HDH930522.01-BA) : 134,04 Full score (HDH930522.01-CO) : 38,30 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : HARRIE JANSSEN Publisher : Gobelin Music Publications Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (GOB000955010-BA) : 151,83 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : DAISUKE EHARA Publisher : Tierolff Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (FLMS-87031-BA) : 68,58 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : John Glenesk MORTIMER Publisher : Marc Reift Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Concert marches |
Set Wind Band (EMR42213-BA) : 94,95 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : John Glenesk MORTIMER Publisher : Marc Reift Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (EMR42205-BA) : 94,95 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : John Glenesk MORTIMER Publisher : Marc Reift Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Concert marches |
Set Wind Band (EMR42203-BA) : 84,40 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : John Glenesk MORTIMER Publisher : Marc Reift Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Concert marches |
Set Wind Band (EMR42200-BA) : 84,40 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Jan VALTA Publisher : Marc Reift Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Concert marches |
Set Wind Band (EMR42199-BA) : 84,40 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : Marc Reift Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (EMR1870-BA) : 155,09 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : Marc Reift Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (EMR10383-BA) : 165,64 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : MARC JEANBOURQUIN Publisher : Difem Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (DIF117699-BA) : 128,79 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : MONNIER Publisher : Difem Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (DIF104953-BA) : 166,69 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Wil VAN DER BEEK Publisher : De Haske Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (DH0950619040-BA) : 125,80 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Wil VAN DER BEEK Publisher : De Haske Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (DH0950619010-BA) : 125,80 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : De Haske Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (DH0930522040-BA) : 120,38 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Publisher : De Haske Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (DH0930522010-BA) : 120,38 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : UWE KRAUSE Publisher : Hebu Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (BU95188-BA) : 76,43 Full score (BU95188-CO) : 15,29 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Karel BELOHOUBEK Publisher : Hebu Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : Classical music |
Set Wind Band (BU91521-BA) : 217,41 Full score (BU91521-CO) : 43,49 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Josef BONISCH Publisher : Hebu Genre : Orchestra Group : Junior orchestra |
Set Wind Band (BU91486-BA) : 84,76 Full score (BU91486-CO) : 16,95 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : H. LEMSER & PETER FISTER Publisher : Hebu Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (BU91217-BA) : 105,31 Full score (BU91217-CO) : 21,06 |
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Bedrich SMETANA Arr : Anton HAECK Publisher : Baton Music Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band |
Set Wind Band (BM110-BA) : 179,88 Full score (BM110-CO) : 44,97 |