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Bedřich Smetana
Bedřich Smetana: Má Vlast — Vltava (Musopen Symphony) — Musopen Symphony
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PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDINGBedřich Smetana: Má Vlast — Vltava (Musopen Symphony) — Musopen SymphonyPlay full recording
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01 / The first 30 seconds
30-second entrance
The opening is not a river yet; it is two streams. Hear flute and clarinet gather the water.
00:00–01:10: wait for two streams to join and become the river theme.
02 / LISTEN FOR
Three things to wait for
- Flute and clarinet as streams
- Strings turning the theme into a river
- Dance episodes like villages along the bank
03 / RIGHTS
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Version / performer information
In Vltava, hear the current. Too slow becomes a postcard; too fast loses the riverbed.