Leoš Janáček

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Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, renowned for his innovative operas and distinctive use of Moravian folk music and speech rhythms.

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Leoš Janáček canonical 25
Leo Janáček 3
Janáček 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czech composer
composer
human
opera composer
burialPlace Brno
Central Cemetery in Brno
countryOfCitizenship Austria-Hungary
Czech lands
dateOfBirth 1854-07-03
dateOfDeath 1928-08-12
educatedAt Leipzig Conservatory
Prague Organ School
Vienna Conservatory
employer Brno Organ School
linked to: Brno Conservatory
ethnicGroup Czech
familyName Janáček
linked to: Leoš Janáček
genre chamber music
choral music
opera
orchestral music
piano music
givenName Leoš
influencedBy Moravian folk music
linked to: Moravian folklore

speech rhythms of the Czech language
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Czech
movement early modern music
late Romantic music
name Leoš Janáček
notableCharacteristic distinctive use of Moravian folk melodies
use of speech-melody (nápěvky mluvy)
notableWork From the House of the Dead
Glagolitic Mass
In the Mists
Jenůfa
Káťa Kabanová
On an Overgrown Path
Sinfonietta
Taras Bulba
The Cunning Little Vixen
The Makropulos Affair
occupation composer
conductor
music teacher
placeOfBirth Hukvaldy
Moravia
placeOfDeath Czechoslovakia
Ostrava
positionHeld director of Brno Organ School
sexOrGender male
spouse Zdenka Janáčková
workLocation Brno

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National Theatre (Prague) notableComposerPerformed Leoš Janáček
subject linked to: National Theatre
Antonín Dvořák influenced Leoš Janáček
Pavel Haas studentOf Leoš Janáček
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film) musicBy Leoš Janáček
Národní divadlo associatedWith Leo Janáček
linked to: Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček name Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček familyName Janáček
linked to: Leoš Janáček
Jenůfa createdBy Leoš Janáček
Michael Endres recordedComposer Leoš Janáček
Universal Edition hasPublishedComposer Leoš Janáček
From the House of the Dead composer Leoš Janáček
From the House of the Dead librettist Leoš Janáček
From the House of the Dead isLastOperaBy Leoš Janáček
From the House of the Dead composer Leoš Janáček
subject linked to: Notes from a Dead House
Stern Conservatory notableStudent Leoš Janáček
OSR namedAfter Leoš Janáček
LKMT namedAfter Leoš Janáček
Carl Reinecke notableStudent Leoš Janáček
Wind Quintet, Op. 10 composerPupilOf Leoš Janáček
Brno Conservatory notableAlumnus Leo Janáček
linked to: Leoš Janáček
Brno Conservatory notableTeacher Leo Janáček
linked to: Leoš Janáček
JAMU namedAfter Leoš Janáček
Faculty of Theatre namedAfter Leoš Janáček (via parent institution)
linked to: Leoš Janáček
Miloš Štědroň influencedBy Leoš Janáček
Miloš Štědroň studies Leoš Janáček
Rudolf Firkušný studentOf Leoš Janáček
subject linked to: Rudolf Firkusny
Rudolf Firkušný recordedWorkBy Leoš Janáček
subject linked to: Rudolf Firkusny