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Smetana

American

[sme-tah-nah, smet-n-uh] / ˈsmɛ tɑ nɑ, ˈsmɛt n ə /

noun

Bedřich 1824–84, Czech composer.

Smetana British

/ ˈsmɛtana /

noun

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)

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"If you get a good picture of the subsurface, you have a better idea of assessing the risk of future earthquakes," Smetana explains.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026

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 ● Aug. 6, 2022

Mikhailo Smetana, a graphic designer, packed his and his wife's things after the Russian invasion on Feb. 24 but never felt it was the right time to leave.

From Reuters ● Apr. 7, 2022

The coach appeared on Meadowlark Media’s "Off the Looking Glass" podcast with Katie Fagan and Jessica Smetana when she was asked about UConn’s influence.

From Fox News ● Dec. 24, 2021

The intensity of this national feeling appears when Smetana himself, the minstrel of the people, is charged at home with yielding to the foreign influence.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Philip H. Goepp

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