Product description
A unique book on our market! Piano arrangement of the best-known melodies composed by Bedrich Smetana, who is considered to be the father of czech national music, are so easy that even younger pianists may play them. The album includes the most famous melodies of his opera pieces and simplified arrangements of his favourite compositions, as well as symphonic pieces and choral pieces. There are also some autobiographical notes and stories about the origin of his work. Very nice!!!
Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884) was a Czech composer of the Romantic period. He is one of the most famous Czech composers. From his early youth he was devoted to music, especially piano playing and composition. During his lifetime he worked as a concert pianist, music teacher, conductor and music critic. Smetana wrote mainly operatic and symphonic works. His piano works, concentrated in the early stages of his compositional activity, also occupy a considerable volume in his oeuvre. His chamber music is represented by rare, though substantial, works, and his choruses and songs occupy a rather marginal position. At the age of fifty he became completely deaf, but even after his hearing loss he was able to compose a number of masterpieces. Throughout his work he strove to create a distinctive Czech musical style.
