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THE MUSIC OF BOHEMIA
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of Liszt, that "what Smetana deserved—Dvořák has reaped," should be modified to this extent, that these Czech masters never considered themselves rivals. Each fulfilled his task in his own way, and each appreciated the work of the other.
Zdenko Fibich (1850–1900) was the creator of the modern melodramas—recitations with
