Bedřich Smetana 폴카 모음

베드르지흐 스메타나( Bedřich Smetana)

 (1824-1884):was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became

closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded in

his homeland as the father of Czech music.

Polka 모음

1. Louisina polka (arr. Isa Krejei)
2. Jirinkova polka (arr. Isa Krejei) 3:30
3. From student live (arr. Isa Krejei) 6:59
4. The country women (arr. Smetana) 9:24
5. Bettina polka (arr. Jiri Hudee) 13:52
6. To our girls (arr. Smetana) 17:18

The orchestration of Smetana's polkas attracted several generations of composers. The orchestral versions of Smetana's youthful polkas were, after all, the fulfillment of young composer's dream.

Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
Frantisek Jilek

Louisa's Polka

When he was young, his father sent him to Prague to study in the autumn of 1839. After his father discovered that the young son was not paying much attention to his school, the father placed him temporarily with his uncle in Nové Město, where he enjoyed a brief romance with his cousin Louisa. He commemorated their passion in Louisa's Polka, Smetana's earliest complete composition that has survived.

This is my way to commemorate Smetana's birthday (March 2, 1824) by combining his melodious

dance music with some of the great dance clips from Hollywood films.

Music: Louisa's Polka -- Bedrich Smetana
Performed by Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Frantisek Jilek

Visual excerpts taken from these videos:
Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell: "Jukebox Dance" -- Film: Broadway Melody (1940)
Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron: "Sluefoot" -- Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell: "Begin the Beguine" -- Film: Broadway Melody (1940)
Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds : "Be Careful, It's My Heart"-- Holiday Inn (1942)
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: "Too Hot to Handle" -- Roberta (1935).
Lisa Miles and Tim Balfour - A Variation on Fred and Ginger for the third act of Opera Australia's production of Die Fledermaus at the Sydney Opera House.
Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines -- Film: White Nights (1985)
Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth: "So Near and Yet So Far" -- Film: You Will Never Get Rich (1941)