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Smetana's reputation as the founding father of Czech music has endured in his native country, where advocates have raised his status above that of his contemporaries and successors. However, relatively few of Smetana's works are in the international repertory, and most foreign commentators tend to regard Antonín Dvořák as a more significant Czech composer.
Did you know...
- ...that Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden (both pictured) made their debut as the band MGMT playing the theme to the movie Ghostbusters over and over for hours?
- ...that Dani Siciliano wanted her cover of Nirvana's "Come as You Are", from her album Likes..., to have the feel of a jazz standard?
- ...that Buffy Sainte-Marie's song "Now That the Buffalo's Gone" originally mentioned that the Kinzua Dam broke the Treaty of Canandaigua?
- ...that the use of noise by Ottoman military bands inspired European composers such as Haydn, Beethoven, and Mozart?
Music News
- June 13: English actor Christopher Lee dies aged 93
- May 30: U2 tour manager, Dennis Sheehan dies in Los Angeles hotel room at 68
- May 28: B.B. King's daughters allege blues musician was poisoned
- May 24: Taylor Swift breaks Vevo record
- May 22: David Letterman signs off after 33 year career on the Late Show
- May 15: Blues musician B.B. King dies aged 89
- May 3: Stand by me: Music legend Ben E King dies at 76
- April 4: Musician Joni Mitchell hospitalised after found unconscious in home
- April 3: Zayn Malik leaves pop band One Direction after five years
- March 25: British singer Lil' Chris found dead aged 24
Today's Birthdays
- Birthdays in Music: November 23
- Holly Cole, Canadian jazz vocalist, turns 52.
- Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer, turns 82.
- Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer-songwriter, turns 46.
- Francis Cabrel, French singer, turns 62.
- Johnny Mandel, American arranger, composer and trombonist, turns 90.
- Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer, turns 31.
- Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist, turns 60.
- Keith Hampshire, Brit singer-songwriter, turns 70.
- Ken Block, American guitarist and vocalist with Sister Hazel, turns 49.
- Gloria Lynne, American R&B vocalist, turns 84.
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