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Bedřich Smetana, an Uncommon card
Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival".
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 99,000
Ranked #810 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Bedřich Smetana quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bedřich Smetana card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has been regarded in his ______ as the father of Czech music.
Answer
homeland. He has been regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music. From the Bedřich Smetana article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Internationally he is best known for his ____ opera The Bartered Bride and for the symphonic cycle Má vlast, which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native Bohemia.
Answer
1860s. Internationally he is best known for his 1866 opera The Bartered Bride and for the symphonic cycle Má vlast, which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native Bohemia. From the Bedřich Smetana article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Paul Thomas Anderson. Paul Thomas Anderson 4,900,000 · Cillian Murphy 3,500,000 · Bhagavata Purana 170,000 · Bedřich Smetana 99,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He has been regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music.
- Internationally he is best known for his 1866 opera The Bartered Bride and for the symphonic cycle Má vlast, which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer's native Bohemia.
- It contains the famous symphonic poem "Vltava", also popularly known by its German name "Die Moldau".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bedřich Smetana article was read about 99,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Bedřich Smetana (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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