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 | | Bedrich Smetana[be´durzhikh sme´tAnA] Pronunciation Key, 182484, Czech composer, creator of a national style in Czech music. |
 | | The opera was immensely successful, and Smetana was appointed chief conductor of the National Theater. |
 | | Smetana's other operas include Dalibor (1868), The Kiss (1876), The Secret (1878), and Libuse (1881). |
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