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Bedrich Smetana

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A Treasure of Melodies (1)
Allegro capriccioso (1)
Am Seegestade (1)
Andante in E flat major, B97 (2)
Andante in F major (1)
Andante in F minor (1)
Bagatelles and Impromptus (8) (3)
Bettina Polka (2)
Caprice in G minor (1)
Ceremonial Prelude in C major (1)
Certova stena (1)
Czech Dances, Book 1 (8)
» no.2
Czech Dances, Book 2 (7)
Czech Song, B117 (1)
Dalibor (11)
Doctor Faust (2)
Dreams (4)
Duo sans mots (1)
Erinnerung an Pilsen (Polka) (2)
Erinnerung an Weimar (Memory of Weimar) (1)
Etude 'At the Seashore' (1)
Etude in A minor 'in Liedform' (1)
Etude in C major 'in Praeludienform' (1)
Etude in C major (1)
Evening Songs(5), T124 (1)
Fanfares for Richard III (1)
Fantasy on Czech folk songs in B major (2)
Fantasy on a Bohemian Song for Violin and Piano (1)
Festive Overture in C major (1)
Festive Overture in D major, op.4 (2)
Festive Symphony in E major, op.6 (4)
Figuration in E minor on a Chorale 'Gott sei uns gnadig und barmherzig' (1)
Four-part fugue in A minor (1)
Four-part fugue in C major (1)
Four-part fugue in D major (1)
From Student Life (2)
From the Homeland (11)
Galopp di bravoura (1)
Galopp in D major (1)
Georginen-Polka (2)
Grand Overture in D major (1)
Hakon Jarl, op.16 (6)
Impromptu in A flat major (1)
Impromptu in B minor (1)
Impromptu in E flat minor (1)
Kriegermarsch in D major (1)
Landlicher marsch in B flat major (1)
Libuse (10)
Louisen-Polka (3)
Macbeth and The Witches (3)
March in C minor (1)
March in F major (1)
March of the National Guard (3)
March of the Prague Student Legion (2)
Ma vlast (My Country) (excerpts) (1)
Ma vlast (My Country) (version for piano 4 hands) (2)
Ma vlast (My Country) (86)
Mazurka Capriccio in C sharp minor (1)
Morceau caracteristique in C flat major (1)
Morceaux caracteristiques (6), op.1 (2)
Nasim devam, polka for orchestra in D major (3)
Notturno in E flat major (1)
On the Sea Shore - A Memory (2)
Pensee fugitive (2)
Piano Sonata in G minor (1)
Piano Trio in G minor, op.15 (30)
Piece in C major (1)
Piece in C minor (1)
Poetic Polkas (3), op.8 (2)
Polka in A major (1)
Polka in A minor (1)
Polka in D major, 'Nasim devam' (3)
Polka in E flat major (1)
Polka in E major (2)
Polka in F major (3)
Polka in F minor (1)
Polka in G minor (1)
Polkas de Salon (3), op.7, B94 (2)
Polkas poetiques (3), op.8 B95 (2)
Preludes (6) for Organ (1)
Quadrille in B flat major (1)
Quadrille in F major (1)
Richard III, op.11 (6)
Romance in G minor (1)
Romanza in B flat major (1)
Rondo in A minor (1)
Rondo in C major (1)
Rondo in D minor (1)
Rondo in F major (1)
Salon Polkas (3), op.7 (3)
Shakespeare Festival March in E major, op.20 (2)
Siehst du, Laca from Jenufa (1)
Sketches (Skizzen), op.4 (3)
Sketches (Skizzen), op.5 (4)
Slepicka (The Little Hen) (1)
Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebrations (3)
Solemn Prelude in C major on the occasion of laying the foundation stone for the National Theatre (1)
Sonata in E minor for 2 pianos eight hands (2)
Sonatanform in A major (1)
Sonatanform in B flat major (1)
Sonatanform in C major (1)
Souvenirs (4) de Boheme en forme de polka Opp.12 and 13 (B115-16) (2)
Stammbuchblatter (Album leaves) (14) (1)
Stammbuchblatter (Album leaves), op.2 (2)
Stammbuchblatter (Album leaves), op.3 (2)
Stammbuchblatter (Album leaves) (2)
String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From My Life' (orch. Szell) (1)
String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From My Life' (25)
String Quartet no.2 in D minor (12)
Symphony in E major, op.6 'Triumphal' (1)
The Bartered Bride (Prodana nevesta) (highlights) (1)
The Bartered Bride (Prodana nevesta) (sung in German) (1)
The Bartered Bride (Prodana nevesta) (53)
» Polka
The Brandenburgers in Bohemia (3)
The Curious One (1)
The Devil's Wall (3)
The Fisherman (2)
The Homeland (1)
The Kiss (7)
The Peasant Woman (orch. BA Zimmermann) (1)
The Peasant Woman (5)
» Polka
The Prague Carnival (6)
The Secret (2)
The Two Widows (6)
Three-part fugue in E minor (1)
Toccatina in B flat major (1)
Toccatina in B flat minor (1)
Toccatina in E flat minor (1)
Toccatina in G major (1)
Toccatina in G minor (1)
Trauer Marsch in F minor (1)
Variations on a theme of Bohemian Folk Song (1)
Vision at the Ball (1)
Vivace in F major (1)
Wallenstein's Camp, op.14 (6)
Walzer (1)
Wedding Scenes, T41 B64 (1)
Woodland Feelings and Impressions (1)

Bedřich Smetana (2 March 1824 – 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; for the symphonic cycle Má vlast ("My Homeland"), which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native land; and for his First String Quartet, From My Life.

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