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

At parting he asked me to go with him next day to his physician, Dr. Smetana, who had gained some repute as an aurist.

From Project Gutenberg

Smetana was the physician who had treated Karl when he was a boy at Giannatasios school.

From Project Gutenberg

Nevertheless, no one can doubt that one characteristic of the countrymen of Smetana and Dvok is their noble gift for music.

From Project Gutenberg

Another celebrated performer was Auguste Auspitz, one of Smetana's best pupils.

From Project Gutenberg

And in Smetana's quartet Aus meinem Leben, the viola plays a most important rôle.

From Project Gutenberg