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Bedřich Smetana

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Bedřich Smetana is a Classical act. Their sound grew out of Stanisław Moniuszko and Jan Dismas Zelenka. Those roots explain a lot about how Bedřich Smetana arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Johannes Brahms, Gustav Holst, Edvard Grieg, Robert Schumann and Max Bruch, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Cale and Bohemian Rhapsody, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Bedřich Smetana, reaching back through Stanisław Moniuszko and forward to John Cale. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Bedřich SmetanaStanisław MoniuszkoJan Dismas ZelenkaJohn CaleBohemian RhapsodyJohannes BrahmsGustav HolstEdvard GriegRobert SchumannMax BruchGabriel FauréAnton BrucknerGeorg Friedrich Händel

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Bedřich Smetana connections

Bedřich Smetana grew out of Stanisław Moniuszko and Jan Dismas Zelenka, shares an orbit with Johannes Brahms, Gustav Holst, Edvard Grieg and Robert Schumann, went on to shape John Cale and Bohemian Rhapsody. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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