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Friedrich Smetána Friedrich Smetána.
[325] For example in the second movement of Smetana's Quartet and in Dvořák's Suite for small orchestra, op. 39.
[326] For a graphic description of the country and the customs of its people consult the essay on Dvořák in Hadow's Studies in Modern Music.
[327] A detailed account of these works may be found in the article on Smetana in Famous Composers and their Works (2d series).
[328] For his biography, consult the Hadow essay (referred to above) and the chapter on Dvořák in Mason's From Grieg to Brahms.
[329] The author has heard this symphony played in Prague and other continental cities under Bohemian conductors. It is always welcomed as being thoroughly characteristic of Bohemia.
[330] For detailed analytical comment consult Vol. III of Short Studies in Great Masterpieces by D.G. Mason.
[331] Note for example the chords at the opening of the slow movement.
[332] The best biography in English is that by H.T. Finck; the work, however, is somewhat marred by fulsome praise.