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Rh works. The high spiritual plane of his life as it touched the personal and the accidental is revealed in the charming string quartet "From my Life."

"My quartet," says Smetana, "is not merely formal playing with the tones and motifs, to show off the composer's skill; but it is the real picture of my life. The tone sounding for a long time in the Finale is that