Title: Smetana.
Authors: Clapham, John
Publisher: Dent; Octagon Books,
Year: 1972
Subjects: Smetana, Bedřich,; Composers Czech Republic Biography
Contents: 1. Music in Bohemia before Smetana -- 2. The composer's ancestry and youth -- 3. Years of struggle -- 4. Swedish interlude -- 5. The flowering of Czech nationalism -- 6. Hostility and deafness -- 7. The final phase -- 8. Pianoforte music -- 9. Chamber music -- 10. Orchestral works -- 11. Choral music and song -- 12. Opera (1): from 'The Brandenburgers' to 'Libuse' -- 13. Opera (2): The lyrical and romantic works -- 14. Characteristics of Smetana's style and his achievement.