Bedřich Smetana: Myth, Music, and Propaganda

Smetana was a founding member of Umelecká beseda (or Artistic Society, UB) whose members created the earliest documents about the arts as a part of their summons for activism. Smetana's advocates also represented a narrow social and economic demographic, and those who gained a prominent, univer...

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Published inThe Choral Journal Vol. 62; no. 2; p. 70
Main Author Freed, Donald Callen
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Oklahoma City American Choral Directors Association 01.09.2021
Subjects
20th century
Classical music
Composers
Opera
Political activism
Propaganda
Smetana, Bedrich
Vocal music
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Summary:Smetana was a founding member of Umelecká beseda (or Artistic Society, UB) whose members created the earliest documents about the arts as a part of their summons for activism. Smetana's advocates also represented a narrow social and economic demographic, and those who gained a prominent, universalizing voice in the pages of Dalibor [journal of Czech art and culture] represented an even smaller faction of the organization-numbering together only in the tens or twenties. [...]within the twentieth century's more fanatical writings, the UB was chided for its non-nationalist stand, providing an altered version of Smetana.
ISSN:0009-5028
2163-2170