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elleng

(130,923 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2020, 05:06 PM Apr 2020

Bedrich Smetana Ma Vlast: The Moldau

https://weta.org/listen-live

I didn't know this: 'After the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939, many Czech symphony orchestras started to play 'The Moldau' as a sign of protest to the occupation. As a consequence, in an attempt to break the spirit of independence and resistance among the people, Nazis banned the performance of the symphonic poem.'

https://themoldaublog.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/the-moldau-story/

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Bedrich Smetana Ma Vlast: The Moldau (Original Post) elleng Apr 2020 OP

Neat! I didn't know that either! Coventina Apr 2020 #1

Coventina

(27,120 posts)

1. Neat! I didn't know that either!

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Thu Apr 9, 2020, 05:35 PM

Apr 2020

I love stories like that!

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