Smetana's "Viola", with just 365 bars of music, is based on this play
Thereafter, during the last 18 years of his life, he gave only 
some 30 public ... Influences on his compositional style include Polish folk music, 
the classical .... Back in Warsaw that year, Chopin heard Niccol Paganini play 
the violin,... [DOC] [TLE] 5 BEDICH SMETANA John Clapham [Friedrich] (b Litomyl ... [PAR] Taking a calculated risk, Smetana opened his music institute on 8 August .... 
Plans laid for a provisional theatre for Czech plays and operas.