Bedřich Smetana
1824 to 1884
7 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Bedřich Smetana across 6 places, from 1824 to 1863. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Bedřich Smetana (2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival".Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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2 March 1824exact date
Litomyšlattested
“Bedřich Smetana, first named Friedrich Smetana, was born on 2 March 1824, in Litomyšl (German: Leitomischl), east of Prague near the traditional border between Bohemia and Moravia, then provinces of the Habsburg Empire.”
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1857year
Pragueattested
“In summer 1857, Smetana came home to Prague and found Kateřina in failing health.”
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1857year
Weimarattested
“Smetana's visit to Liszt at Weimar in the summer of 1857, where he heard the latter's Faust Symphony and Die Ideale, caused a material reorientation of Smetana's orchestral music.”
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19 April 1859exact date
Dresdenattested
“Homeward bound, she died at Dresden on 19 April 1859.”
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March 1862month
Pragueattested
“Critics accused him of adhering too closely to the "New German" school represented primarily by Liszt; Smetana responded that "a prophet is without honour in his own land." In March 1862 he made a last brief visit to Gothenburg, but the…”
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March 1862month
Gothenburgattested
“Critics accused him of adhering too closely to the "New German" school represented primarily by Liszt; Smetana responded that "a prophet is without honour in his own land." In March 1862 he made a last brief visit to Gothenburg, but the…”
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1863year
Swedenattested
“He had become Chorus Master of the nationalistic soon after his return from Sweden, and as his fluency in Czech developed he composed patriotic choruses for the Society; The Three Riders and The Renegade were performed at concerts in ear…”
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Places Bedřich Smetana is documented in
Prague2 presences · 1857 to 1862Dresden1 presence · 1859Gothenburg1 presence · 1862Sweden1 presence · 1863Weimar1 presence · 1857
Litomyšl1 presence · 1824
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1831year
Jindřichův Hradecmentioned
“In 1831 the family moved to Jindřichův Hradec in the south of Bohemia—the region where, a generation later, Gustav Mahler grew up.”
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1831year
Jindmentioned
“In 1831 the family moved to Jindřichův Hradec in the south of Bohemia—the region where, a generation later, Gustav Mahler grew up.”
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1835year
Čechticementioned
“In 1835, František retired to Růžkovy Lhotice Castle.”
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1839year
Praguementioned
“Smetana arrived in Prague in the autumn of 1839.”
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1840year
Premonstratensianmentioned
“An older cousin, Josef Smetana, a teacher at the Premonstratensian School in Plzeň (German: Pilsen), then offered to supervise the boy's remaining schooling, and in the summer of 1840 Smetana departed for Plzeň.”
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1840year
Plzeňmentioned
“An older cousin, Josef Smetana, a teacher at the Premonstratensian School in Plzeň (German: Pilsen), then offered to supervise the boy's remaining schooling, and in the summer of 1840 Smetana departed for Plzeň.”
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1846year
Praguementioned
“In 1846 Smetana attended concerts given in Prague by Berlioz, and in all likelihood met the French composer at a reception arranged by Proksch.”
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June 1847month
Thunmentioned
“In June 1847, on resigning his position in the Thun household, Smetana recommended her as his replacement.”
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1848year
Praguementioned
“The political climate in Prague was a further source of gloom; hopes of a more enlightened government and social reform following Franz Joseph's accession in 1848 had faded as Austrian absolutism reasserted itself under Baron Alexander v…”
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1849year
Praguementioned
“Proksch wrote of Smetana's support for his people's cause, and said that he "could well become the transformer of my ideas in the Czech language." In 1849 the institute was relocated to the home of Kateřina's parents, and began to attrac…”
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1850year
Praguementioned
“In 1850, notwithstanding his revolutionary sentiments, Smetana accepted the post of Court Pianist in Ferdinand's establishment in Prague Castle.”
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1850year
Prague Castlementioned
“In 1850, notwithstanding his revolutionary sentiments, Smetana accepted the post of Court Pianist in Ferdinand's establishment in Prague Castle.”
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26 February 1855exact date
Praguementioned
“Undeterred, Smetana hired an orchestra at his own expense to perform the symphony at the Konvikt Hall in Prague on 26 February 1855.”
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1859year
Gothenburgmentioned
“He proposed marriage, and having secured her promise returned to Gothenburg for the 1859–60 winter.”
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1859year
1860year
1860year
10 July 1860exact date
1861year
April 1861month
January 1862month
April 1863month
1866year
1866year
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