Smetana

[ sme-tah-nah; English smet-n-uh ]

noun

1. Be·dřich [be, -d, r, zhi, kh] 1824–84, Czech composer.

Smetana

/ ˈsmɛtana /

noun

1. SmetanaBedřich18241884MCzechMUSIC: composer Bedřich (ˈbɛdrʒix). 1824–84, Czech composer, founder of his country's national school of music. His works include My Fatherland (1874–79), a cycle of six symphonic poems, and the opera The Bartered Bride (1866)

Example Sentences

Featuring star soloists in Yo-Yo Ma, Daniil Trifonov and more, this series offers an opportunity to hear great Czech music by Dvorak, Smetana and Janacek — who will be represented by a rare performance of his “Glagolitic Mass.”

From New York Times

Fadia loves the theme music from the film “LaLa Land” and Smetana dances.

From New York Times

By summer, he had regained enough energy to join the Divan Orchestra on another European tour, performing works by Ravel, de Falla and Smetana.

From New York Times

This skill was on full display in the Smetana.

From Washington Post

That Smetana was losing his hearing as he composed the piece seems like more than arcane biographical trivia; as the piece unfolds, one suspects it accounts for the music’s indulgence in meticulous depiction.

From Washington Post