6. Bedřich Smetana


4 November


New situation after 1860

Czech national movement in music

Provisional and National Theatres

Operas by Smetana

Symphonic poems

Chamber music and piano music




Assigned reading:


Clapham, John. “Bedřich Smetana”. In: Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and
Musicians. Vol. 17. Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London, 1980, pp. 391-408.