| Those Fabulous Czechs During the 1848 uprising against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 24-year-old Bedrich Smetana stood with other armed Czech nationalists on a barricade in Prague. He also wrote music for revolutionary songs with lyrics like "Whosoever is Czech must wield a sword! Let there be blood and slaughter!" Somehow he didn't get arrested, and went on to create a Czech style of music that paved the way for his successors. In his most famous piece, the highly pictorial "Vltava" ("The Moldau"), we see many aspects of Czech life and history, and are caught up in the composer's love for his country. Dvorák was generally more wide-ranging in his search for a style, so it is understandable that his early Prague Waltzes sound quite Viennese. newtonsymphony.org E-Mail: office@newtonsymphony.org Map & Directions |
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