PT Journal
AU Hrdina, M
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2026
DI 10.5507/mo.2025.006
DE Bedrich Smetana; Jaroslav Vrchlicky; occasional lyric poetry; relationship between literature and music
AB This paper deals with poetic texts in which Jaroslav Vrchlicky reflected on the work of Bedrich Smetana between 1876 and 1903. It traces the content and form of his celebratory texts and the circumstances surrounding their dissemination in order to show to what extent Vrchlicky's treatment of the Smetana theme highlighted the issue of the nationality of art, and to what extent it raised general questions surrounding the essence of artistic creation. The paper shows how an evaluation of Smetana's work is inseparable from Vrchlicky's reflection on his own position in Czech culture and society. In the conclusion, attention is also paid to Vrchlicky's possible creative inspiration thanks to Smetana's music.
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