PT Journal
AU Carlsson, A
TI Smetana's Importance for the Development of Musical Life in Goteborg
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2018
BP 44
EP 55
VL 27
IS 1
DI 10.5507/mo.2018.003
DE Bedrich Smetana; Sweden; Goteborg; music life
AB At the time of B. Smetana's stay in Sweden (1856-1861), Goteborg was a rather small city and also the residence of several very wealthy families. The city a had good institutional basis for the development of music life. The standard for the audience as well as the level of musicians was influenced in particular by the experience with classicist musical works only sporadically influenced by new styles of the first half of the nineteenth century. With his intensive involvement in the organization of a musical life, and also as a teacher, piano virtuoso and a composer, Smetana gave Goteborg incentives that brought fruits already during his stay and were apparent even after his departure and deep into the nineteenth century. The inspiration was, however, mutual: the environment of Goteborg influenced Smetana and provided him with a wealth of rare life and artistic experience.
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