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Wikipedia: Bedřich Smetana (2 March 1824, Litomyšl, Bohemia – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. Internationally he is best known for his opera The Bartered Bride, and for the symphonic cycle Má vlast ("My Fatherland") which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native land.
![[A depiction of the barricades on the Charles Bridge, Prague, 1848]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Praha_Barricades_Charles_Bridge_panel_1848.jpg "A depiction of the barricades on the Charles Bridge, Prague, 1848")
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![[Smetana's gravestone at the Vyšehrad Cemetery, Prague]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Smetana_Bedrich_Gravestone_s.jpg "Smetana's gravestone at the Vyšehrad Cemetery, Prague")
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![[Signature of Bedřich Smetana, 1824 - 1884.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Smetana_signature_s.jpg "Signature of Bedřich Smetana, 1824 - 1884.")
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![[The Vltava river, flowing through Prague]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Prague_Vltava_2001_s.jpg "The Vltava river, flowing through Prague")
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![[Gothenburg, Sweden, Smetana's base between 1856 and 1861]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/G_C3_B6teborg_s.jpg "Gothenburg, Sweden, Smetana's base between 1856 and 1861")
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![[The National Theatre in Prague, opened 1881, destroyed by fire, rebuilt in 1883]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/N_C3_A1rodn_C3_AD_divadlo_prg_s.jpg "The National Theatre in Prague, opened 1881, destroyed by fire, rebuilt in 1883")
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![[The Bedřich Smetana Museum on the banks of the Vltava, Prague]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Smetana_Embankment_2C_Prague_crop_s.jpg "The Bedřich Smetana Museum on the banks of the Vltava, Prague")
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![[Count Waldstein's castle in Smetana's birthplace, Litomyšl, Bohemia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Z_C3_A1mek_Litomy_C5_A1l_1_s.jpg "Count Waldstein's castle in Smetana's birthplace, Litomyšl, Bohemia")
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![[Hector Berlioz, an early musical influence on Smetana]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Berlioz_ill05_s.jpg "Hector Berlioz, an early musical influence on Smetana")
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![[An oil portrait of Smetana, 1854]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Smetana1854portrait_s.jpg "An oil portrait of Smetana, 1854")
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![[A 1919 edition of the score of The Bartered Bride]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Prodana_cover_1919_s.jpg "A 1919 edition of the score of The Bartered Bride")
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![[Smetana near the end of his life]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Smetana_old_age_s.jpg "Smetana near the end of his life")
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![[Franz Liszt, a primary influence on Smetana throughout the latter's composing career]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Liszt_at_the_podium_crop.jpg "Franz Liszt, a primary influence on Smetana throughout the latter's composing career")
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