Previous entries for March 2nd can be found here: Kurt Weill (2021); Bedřich Smetana (2020); Kurt Weill and Marc Blitzstein (2019), Desi Arnaz (2022), Kurt Weill; Bedřich Smetana (2023), Bedřich Smetana (2024), and Kurt Weill (2025)
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Bedřich Smetana (2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was an important Czech composer.
Carts and Horses
The overture, often played as a concert piece independently from the opera, was, unusually, composed before almost any of the other music had been written. -- Wikipedia
The charming show that's called The Bartered Bride,
(The subject of this blog),
Was from the start a source of native pride,
(And left the Czechs agog).
Its overture, a favorite far and wide,
Whose smash success is amply justified,
Is better known than that to which it's tied, --
(The tail that wagged the dog).
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