ZdenekFibich was one of the most eminent Czech composers to emerge in the shadow of Antonín Dvorák, and like him had a special gift for easy-flowing melody.
During the summer of 1898 Fibich recovered from a serious scarlet fever in the countryside at the village of Trebestovice, near Sadská, close to the river Elbe, where he orchestrated his Third Symphony, completing the score on 9 July.
Fibich’s Third Symphony was premiered on 7 March 1899 in Prague by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of the composer.
Fibich was the third of the leading Czech composers of the last half of the nineteenth century, after Smetana and Dvorák.
Fibich's mother was a from a cultured Viennese family, while his father was a Czech forestry official.
Fibich was home-schooled by his mother until he was nine; she also taught him piano, and then referred him to a local priest, Frantisek Cerny, for studies in music theory.
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