My Country: National Museum exhibition celebrates Bedřich Smetana’s masterpiece

Photo: Hana Řeháková, Radio Prague International

An exhibition dedicated to Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and his most famous piece, the cycle of six symphonic poems entitled My Country, has got underway at Prague’s National Museum. The exhibition, which is part of the Year of Czech Music, commemorates 200 years since the birth of the Czech musical great.

The new exhibition dedicated to Smetana’s My Country was launched this Tuesday, November 5, marking exactly 142 years since the complete cycle premiered at the Žofín Palace in Prague.

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Author: Ruth Fraňková