The Moldau , symphonic poem by Bohemian composer Bedřich Smetana that evokes the flow of the Vltava River—or, in German, the Moldau—from its source in the mountains of the Bohemian Forest, through the Czech countryside, to the city of Prague.

Vltava, also known by its English title The Moldau, and the German Die Moldau, was composed between 20 November and 8 December 1874 and was premiered on 4 April 1875 under Adolf Čech. It is about 13 minutes long, and is in the key of E minor.

Moldau is a German name for: the Vltava river in the Czech Republic; Moldava (Teplice District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic "Vltava", a symphonic poem by Bedřich Smetana

The NSO performs what many consider to be Czech composer Bedřich Smetana's most famous tune, "The Moldau."Czech composer Bed˘rich Smetana (BED-rick SMET–ah-n...

Jul 31, 2017 · Given his efforts to create a music free of German dominance, it seems almost an insult to Smetana’s memory that his internationally most popular piece, Vltava, has become almost universally known by the German name for the river: Moldau.

The second of the six symphonic poems from Smetana's masterwork Ma vlast describes the course of the Moldau River from its beginnings as two springs to its ends as a majestic and mighty river. The piece begins with a gentle, singing …

Apr 17, 2017 · After the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939, many Czech symphony orchestras started to play ‘The Moldau’ as a sign of protest to the occupation. As a consequence, in an attempt to break the spirit of independence and resistance among the people, Nazis banned the performance of the symphonic poem.

The Moldau, which has achieved the strongest independent life among the six symphonic poems, is a rondo (with coda) in which the haunting, G-major main theme is introduced by the upper strings and woodwinds, with the lower strings suggesting the river waves. To quote poet-composer Václav Zeleny, who devised the programs, i.e., story lines, for ...

The Moldau (Vlatava) is a programmatic symphonic poem portraying the story of the main river in Bohemia as it flows through Smetana's homeland countryside....

Nov 21, 2023 · The symphonic poem The Moldau portrays in sound the movement of the Vltava River, also known as the Moldau. First, it depicts the river's movement from the mountains in the Bohemian...