Note 324 — Chapter XIX
Reading edition
His surname is to be accented on the first syllable—a fact which may be remembered from the story attributed to Liszt who, once asking Smetana how his name was to be pronounced received this reply: My name is always
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Smétana, Smétana, Smétana
but never
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Friedrich Smetána Friedrich Smetána.