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 8
Janáček 1
Leo Janáček 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czech composer
composer
human
opera composer
burialPlace Brno NERFINISHED
Central Cemetery in Brno
countryOfCitizenship Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Czech lands NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1854-07-03
dateOfDeath 1928-08-12
educatedAt Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig
surface form: Leipzig Conservatory

Prague Organ School
Vienna Music Academy
surface form: Vienna Conservatory
employer Brno Conservatory
surface form: Brno Organ School
ethnicGroup Czech
familyName Leoš Janáček self-linksurface differs
surface form: Janáček
genre chamber music
choral music
opera
orchestral music
piano music
givenName Leoš
influencedBy Moravian folklore
surface form: Moravian folk music

speech rhythms of the Czech language
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Czech
movement early modern music
late Romantic music
name Leoš Janáček self-link
notableCharacteristic distinctive use of Moravian folk melodies
use of speech-melody (nápěvky mluvy)
notableWork The House of the Dead
surface form: 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 NERFINISHED
positionHeld director of Brno Organ School
sexOrGender male
spouse Zdenka Janáčková
workLocation Brno NERFINISHED

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National Theatre notableComposerPerformed Leoš Janáček
subject surface form: National Theatre (Prague)
Antonín Dvořák influenced Leoš Janáček
Pavel Haas studentOf Leoš Janáček
The Unbearable Lightness of Being musicBy Leoš Janáček
subject surface form: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)
Národní divadlo associatedWith Leoš Janáček
this entity surface form: Leo Janáček
Leoš Janáček name Leoš Janáček self-link
Leoš Janáček familyName Leoš Janáček self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Janáček