Smetana, the composer, experienced gradual deafness starting in July 1874, a likely symptom of Syphilis, which eventually led him to hand over conducting duties for his opera Libuše.
Composer Biography
Smetana, the composer, lived in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 1856 to 1861, where he obtained teaching and the directorship of the Harmoniska Sällskap.
Composer Biography
Bedřich Smetana, the composer, played the piano publicly from the age of six, performing the overture to Auber's La Muette de Portici.
Composer Biography
Smetana, the composer, worked as a resident music master for the family of Count Leopold Thun, a position recommended by Johann Kittl, Director of the Prague Conservatory.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Smetana, the composer, aimed to imbue his operas with the spirit of Czech national life, particularly from country areas where German influences were less pronounced, rather than just promoting simple folk material.
Composition History
Smetana's March of the Prague Student Legion and Solemn Overture, Op. 4, caused him to be viewed with suspicion due to his sympathies with revolutionary Bohemian patriots during the 1848 revolutionary period.
Composer Biography
Smetana, the composer, moved to Prague in 1843 to study music with Josef Proksch, a piano teacher who agreed to teach him on credit.
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