Bedřich Smetana (
listen) March 2, 1824 – 12 May 12, 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely
identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He has been
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 Homeland"), which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the
composer's native Bohemia. It contains the famous symphonic poem "Vltava",
also known by its English name "The Moldau".
A list of Smetana's compositions
A list of Smetana's operas
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