See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH See also:

• FRIEDRICH SMETANA (1824-1884)

SMETANA (1824-1884)  , Bohemian composer and pianist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Leitomischl in Bohemia on the and of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1824 . He made such rapid progress in his studies under Ikavec, at Neuhaus, that at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of six he appeared in public as pianist so successfully that his See also:

• FATHER

father's opposition to a musician's career was overcome . He then went to Proksch, at See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, until he See also:

• LEFT

left for See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig to make the acquaintance of See also:

• SCHUMANN, ROBERT ALEXANDER (1810-1856)

Schumann and Mendelssohn . Limited means prevented him from studying with the latter, and he returned to Prague, where he at once became Konzert-meister to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand . In 1848 he married Katharina See also:

• KOLAR

Kolar, pianist, and with her founded a See also:

• MUSIC

music school at Prague . At the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he met See also:

• LISZT, FRANZ (1811-1886)

Liszt, who subsequently influenced him greatly, and with whom he afterwards stayed at See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar . In r856 See also:

• SMETANA, FRIEDRICH (1824-1884)

Smetana accepted See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander Dreyschock's See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion to go as conductor of the Philharmonic Society at See also:

• GOTHENBURG (Swed. Goteborg)

Gothenburg . There he remained five years, when, owing to his wife's See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health, he returned to Prague after a successful See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert tour . The See also:

• DEATH

death of his wife at See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden on their return caused Smetana to See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change his mind, and he went back to See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden . But the opening of the Interims Theater in 1866, and the offer of its conductorship, induced his return . In Sweden he had already written Hakon Jarl, See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard III., and See also:

• WALLENSTEIN (properly WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON

Wallenstein's Lager, and had completed his See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Brandenburger in BOhmen (5th See also:

• JANUARY

January 1866) . Five months later it was followed by his best-known opera, Die verkaufte Braut, and in 1868 Dalibor was given .

Between 1874 and 1882 he produced Zwei Witwen, Hubicka (Der Kuss), Tajewstvi (Das Geheimnis), Certova See also:

• SIENA

Siena, and Die Teufelsmauer, as well as the " See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize " opera Libuse, written for the opening of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre at Prague, rith See also:

• JUNE

June 1881 . In Die Teufelsmauer were clear signs of decay in Smetana's See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, he having already in 1874 lost his sense of See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing . To celebrate his sixtieth birthday a fete was arranged by the combined Bohemian musical See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies; but on that See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day Smetana lost his See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason and was removed to a lunatic See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum, where he died on the r 2th of May 1884 . A See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEAL

deal of his See also:

• PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

pianoforte music is interesting, the Stammbuchbldtter, for example; while his See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of symphonic poems, entitled Mein Vaterland (Vlast), and his beautiful See also:

• STRING

string-quartet, Aus meinem Leben, have made the tour of the civilized See also:

• WORLD

world .