2019年3月2日土曜日

The 195th birthday of Smetana


 Today, March 2 is the 195th birthday of Bedřich Smetana, a famous compositor from Czech Republic.

 On August 3, 2017, I visited his home country, Prague, Czech Republic, and visited the Museum of Smetana, located along the side of Moldau River , very near the Karel Bridge. The address was the number  1 of the Smetana Street.


 Inside the Museum, only a few Czech women welcomed not many visitors, including I and 3 more Japanese ladies. A Japanese pianist tried to play a piece with an original music notes of Smetana.

 Outside of the Smetana Museum, I found a statue of Smetana under a tree, and over the River, in the street, we can see the Smetana Hotel.




  In the evening, I went to the Czech classical music concert in Smetana Hall.  I like its music so much, it's melancholic in a way, but it sounds sometimes very powerful.


 195 years ago, Czech was not an Independent country, but a part of the Austria-Hungary Empire.
Like Smetana, many Czech people are always proud of being Czech and their dream of the Independence comes true.
 Today, in 2017, when I visited Prague, people there said to me that the economy was fine and they keep their own currency.



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