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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Kathrin Smetana, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stevens, explains that underground materials vary widely.

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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

“Vltava” was composed in 1874 as a tribute to Smetana’s homeland of Bohemia, the music’s riparian winding and wending an homage to the titular river that crosses its countryside.

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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

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