Music
Má vlast
Bedřich Smetana1882
First performed 5 November 1882, Prague.
2 movements, 23:592 of its 6 parts held2 pictures
Two springs gush forth in the shade of the Bohemian Forest, the one warm and spouting, the other cold and tranquil. Their waves, gayly rushing onward over their rocky beds, unite and glisten in the rays of the morning sun. The forest brook, fast hurrying on, becomes the river Vltava (Moldau), which, flowing ever on through Bohemia's valleys, grows to be a mighty stream: it flows through thick woods in which the joyous noise of the hunt and the notes of the hunter's horn are heard ever nearer and nearer; it flows through grass-grown pastures and lowlands where a wedding feast is celebrated with song and dancing.
Movements
On the wall
Same subject, with II. Vltava
The Rapids, Hudson River, Adirondacks
Winslow Homer1894
The score's preface, in Apthorp's translation, says "At the St. John Rapids the stream rushes on." Homer's watercolor is titled The Rapids, Hudson River, Adirondacks.
The Art Institute of Chicago
Same subject, with II. Vltava
Gustave Courbet1864
The preface printed in the score opens at the river's source: "Two springs gush forth in the shade of the Bohemian Forest." Courbet painted the source of the Loue.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Sourcesread 2026-10-09
- Description
- symphonic poem by Bedřich SmetanaWikidata
- Heading
- Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884. Má vlastLibrary of Congress
- First performed
- 1882-11-05Wikidata
- First performed in
- PragueWikidata
- Parts in the whole work
- 6Wikidata
Recordings
- II. Vltava
- Musopen Symphony Orchestra. This work comes from the non profit U.S. organization Musopen where it is available at the following link: http://www.musopen.org/music/piece/1603 The Musopen website requires all uploaders to "represent and warrant that content uploaded to the site is in the public domain" (see FAQ #4 ). Musopen's own works ( "Musopen Materials" and "Musopen Service", not user content or public domain content ), are fully copyrighted and may not be used freely as stated in their Terms and Conditions of Use .. CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsCC0-1.0Source
- III. Šárka
- Bedřich Smetana (see Musopen for author information). This work comes from the non profit U.S. organization Musopen where it is available at the following link: http://www.musopen.com The Musopen website requires all uploaders to "represent and warrant that content uploaded to the site is in the public domain" (see FAQ #4 ). Musopen's own works ( "Musopen Materials" and "Musopen Service", not user content or public domain content ), are fully copyrighted and may not be used freely as stated in their Terms and Conditions of Use .. Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsPDM-1.0Source