Editing Má vlast (section)

=== Vltava ===
[[File:Vistas de Praga (cropped).jpg|thumb|The Vltava in Prague]]
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''Vltava'', also known by its English title {{lang|en|'''The Moldau'''}}, and the German {{lang|de|Die Moldau}}, was composed between 20 November and 8&nbsp;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. It is the most well known of the poems, often performed separately from the full work.

In this piece, Smetana uses [[word painting|tone painting]] to evoke the sounds of one of Bohemia's great rivers.<ref>{{cite book |title=The classical music experience: discover the music of the world's greatest composers |last=Jacobson |first=Julius H. |author2=Kevin Kline |year=2002 |publisher=Sourcebooks |location=New York |isbn=978-1-57071-950-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/classicalmusicex0000jaco/page/122 122] |url=https://archive.org/details/classicalmusicex0000jaco/page/122 }}</ref> In his own words:

<blockquote>The composition describes the course of the [[Vltava]], starting from the two small springs, the [[Studená Vltava|Studená]] and Teplá Vltava, to the unification of both streams into a single current, the course of the Vltava through woods and meadows, through landscapes where a farmer's wedding is celebrated, the round dance of the mermaids in the night's moonshine: on the nearby rocks loom proud castles, palaces and ruins aloft. The Vltava swirls into the [[St John's Rapids]];{{refn|group=n|The rapids no longer exist, having been flooded by the creation of [[Štěchovice Reservoir]]}} then it widens and flows toward Prague, past the Vyšehrad, and then majestically vanishes into the distance, ending at the [[Elbe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/composition/vltava-the-moldau-symphonic-poem-m%C3%A1-vlast-no-2-jb-1112-2-mc0002450313|title=Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic… &#124; Details|website=AllMusic}}</ref></blockquote>

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Vltava contains Smetana's most famous tune. It is an adaptation of the melody ''[[La Mantovana]]'', attributed to the Italian Renaissance [[tenor]] [[Giuseppe Cenci]],<ref name=Oxford>{{cite web |author=Hill, John Walter |title=Cenci, Giuseppe |work= Grove Music Online |year=2001 |publisher= Oxford Music Online |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05274 |isbn= 978-1-56159-263-0 |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000005274 |access-date= 21 February 2010}}{{subscription required}}</ref> which, in a borrowed [[Romania]]n form, was also the basis for the [[Israel]]i [[national anthem]] ''[[Hatikvah]]''. The tune also appears in an old Czech folk song, ''Kočka leze dírou'' ("The Cat Crawls Through the Hole"); [[Hanns Eisler]] used it for his "{{Illm|Song of the Moldau|lt=Song of the Moldau|de|Das Lied von der Moldau}}"; and [[Stan Getz]] performed it as "[[Dear Old Stockholm]]" (possibly through another derivative of the original tune, "Ack Värmeland du sköna"). [[Horst Jankowski]] played a [[syncopation|syncopated]] version of the tune on his [[easy listening]] hit, "A Walk in the Black Forest."

The piece is featured in [[Don Hertzfeldt]]'s short film ''[[Everything Will Be OK]]'' (2006) and in [[Terrence Malick]]'s ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' (2011).<ref>{{cite news| url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/07/tree-of-life-terrence-malick.html| author=David Ng| title=Terrence Malick's 'Tree of Life': The classical music factor| work=Los Angeles Times| date=5 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IUX0Qy-IDM |title=Everything Will Be OK – by Don Hertzfeldt|date=31 March 2011 |access-date=14 January 2022 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |last=Hertzfeldt |first=Don }}</ref>

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