A ROSEFINCH SANG: THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN NEW WAVE

It was a beautiful sunny spring day here on the riverbank when my thoughts turned to the Brejchova sisters and another spring…

The Czechoslovakian New Wave began with the song of a lovely little rosefinch in a meadow by the banks of the beautiful Vltava river. And soon the whole country was filled with song and the sounds of nature and Smetana, it blossomed with the fragrance of flowers and bathed in the warmth of the sun.

It has been described as and does seem now a miracle and – dare i say – a time when the Czechs bounced with a spring in their step.

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