This composer's (*) deafness is represented by a high E in the first violin in his first string quartet, which is nicknamed "From My Life.
In the second movement polka of a string quartet by this composer, the viola is asked to play a melody "like a trumpet." A tone poem by this man depicts a woman who lures men to their death by tying herself to a tree, drugging them with mead, and sounding a hunting horn to signal maiden warriors. Another tone poem by this composer begins with the same D minor chords that end the preceding Tabor movement. This composer's (*) deafness is represented by a high E in the first violin in his first string quartet, which is nicknamed "From My Life." For 10 points, name this Czech composer whose tone poem collection Ma Vlast contains a piece depicting the Vltava river called The Moldau, and who also composed the opera The Bartered Bride.
In the second movement polka of a string quartet by this composer, the viola is asked to play a melody "like a trumpet.
Bedrich Smetana