He based one of his works on a legend that Satan stopped a monastery's construction by causing a river to flood the building site with a dam, The Devil's Wall.
He based one of his works on a legend that Satan stopped a monastery's construction by causing a river to flood the building site with a dam, The Devil's Wall. He follows the love between Lukas and Vendulka in his opera This Kiss, while another opera chronicles a rebellion led by Jíra, who liberates the titular region from Tausendmark in The Brandenburgers in Bohemia. His String Quartet in E minor features a sustained high note mimicking the tinnitus he suffered while deaf. Like his compatriot Antonín Dvořák [dvor- jahk], he drew upon folksongs like Má Vlast, six symphonic poems depicting scenes from Bohemia. FTP, name this Czech composer of From My Life and The Bartered Bride.
He based one of his works on a legend that Satan stopped a monastery's construction by causing a river to flood the building site with a dam, The Devil's Wall.
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