From My Life," was written shortly after this man lost his hearing.
Piano pieces like "Innocence" and "Dejection" form this man's opus 6 collection of bagatelles and impromptus, while his opus 4 and 5 Skizzen, or sketches, were also written for piano. He wrote both a symphonic poem and fanfares based on Shakespeare's Richard III, while the first of this composer's two string quartets is written in e minor and includes an Allegro moderato a la Polka second movement. That work, entitled (*) "From My Life," was written shortly after this man lost his hearing. This composer also wrote a cycle of six symphonic poems, the fourth of which, "From Bohemia's woods and fields," celebrates his nation's countryside, and the second of which begins with a flute solo and depicts the Vltava river, or "Die Moldau." For 10 points, name this Czech composer of Ma Vlast who also created the opera The Bartered Bride.
Piano pieces like "Innocence" and "Dejection" form this man's opus 6 collection of bagatelles and impromptus, while his opus 4 and 5 Skizzen, or sketches, were also written for piano.
Bedrich Smetana