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List Of Compositions By Leoš Janáček
This list of compositions by Leoš Janáček Leoš Janáček (, 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, Music theory, music theorist, Folkloristics, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian folk music, Moravian and other Slavs, Slavic music, includin ... can be sorted by their genre, catalogue number (JW), date composed, Czech title, and English title. Click on the column headings. JW numbers are from Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell, and Alena Němcová, ''Janáček's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997). The correct format for JW numbers is Roman numeral (for the genre) before the slash and Arabic numeral (for the work) after the slash. Arabic numerals have been used throughout here for sortability. References Leoš Janáček Society {{DEFAULTSORT:List of compositions by Leos Janacek Janacek, Leos, List of compositions by Janacek, Leos, List of compositions by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček (, 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, Music theory, music theorist, Folkloristics, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian folk music, Moravian and other Slavs, Slavic music, including Eastern European folk music, to create an original, modern musical style. Born in Hukvaldy, Janáček demonstrated musical talent at an early age and was educated in Brno, Prague, Leipzig, and Vienna. He then returned to live in Brno, where he married his pupil Zdenka Schulzová and devoted himself mainly to folkloristic research. His earlier musical output was influenced by contemporaries such as Antonín Dvořák, but around the turn of the century he began to incorporate his earlier studies of national folk music, as well as his transcriptions of "speech melodies" of spoken language, to create a modern, highly original synthesis. The death of his daughter Olga in 1903 had a profound effect on his musical output; these notable transfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concertino (Janáček)
The Concertino for piano, two violins, viola, clarinet, French horn and bassoon is a composition by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Background The composition was written in first months of 1925, but Janáček decided on its inception in the end of 1924. He was impressed by the skills of pianist Jan Heřman, and therefore he dedicated the composition to him. (The first printing by ''Hudební matice'' from 1926 bears the dedication: "To Jan Heřman"). The concertino was at first intended to be a piano concerto, but later grew into a small chamber concerto. It was first entitled "Spring".Score, p. XI This title Janáček wrote into the finished manuscript; he also added a date (25 April 1925) and a program note. The première of this 'small concerto' took place on 16 February 1926 in Brno at the third concert of the ''Moravian Composer's Club''. The piano part was performed by Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová, František Kudláček played first violin, Viktor Nopp the second, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elegy On The Death Of Daughter Olga
''Elegy on the Death of Daughter Olga, JW 4/30'' (also translated as the ''Elegy on the Death of My Daughter Olga''; in Czech: ''Elegie na smrt dcery Olgy'') is a cantata for tenor solo, mixed choir and pianoforte, written by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček in 1903. It was written to commemorate the death of composer's daughter, Olga Janáčková. Janáček composed the piece to the text of the Russian teacher Marfa Nikolayevna Veveritsa. Background Olga was the first-born child of Leoš and Zdenka Janáček. She was born on 15 August 1882 in Brno. Helfert (2006), p. VI From her childhood, she showed remarkable talent in various arts, though not in music (to the mild disappointment of her father). Her mother later recalled that "lga''grew up into a lovely girl. Her skin was delicate and smooth with a peach-bloom to it; like her father, she had a dimple in her chin."'' Sadly, her health was poor from an early age, and her physical state brought a lot of anxiety to her parents. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Father (cantata)
The cantata ''Our Father'' (Czech: ''Otče náš'' or ''Otčenáš''), originally called ''Moravian Our Father'' (Czech: ''Moravský Otče náš''), is a setting of the Lord's Prayer by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Its first version (1901) was performed as an accompaniment to a series of ''tableaux vivants'' and was scored for mixed chorus, tenor, piano and harmonium; it has never been published. The revised version (1906), for mixed chorus, tenor, harp and organ, lasts about 15 minutes. ''Our Father'' met with a mixed reception at first, but it is now a much-recorded work and has been praised as an interesting and successful example of Janáček's ability to combine Christian texts with his own social commitment. Structure ''Our Father'' falls into five self-contained sections: * "Our Father, which art in heaven", andante, in A-flat major * "Thy will be done", moderato, in B-flat minor * "Give us this day our daily bread", con moto, in E-flat major * "Forgive us ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarus
''Amarus'' is a cantata composed by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, consisting of five movements. It was completed in 1897, having been started after Janáček's visit to Russia the previous summer. ''Amarus'' is a setting of the poem of the same name by Jaroslav Vrchlický Jaroslav Vrchlický (; 17 February 1853 – 9 September 1912) was a Czech people, Czech lyrical poet. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel prize in literature eight times. Life He was born Emilius Jakob Frida in Louny ..., which tells the story of a young monk who had been abandoned at birth and brought up in a monastery. In June 1897, Vrchlický praised Janáček's setting of his poem, commenting: "I am convinced that you have succeeded in it entirely". The work's premiere was in 1900, but a poor performance meant that it was not performed publicly again until fifteen years later. References 1897 cantatas Cantatas by Leoš Janáček {{classical-composition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hody (South Moravia)
Hody (literally the Feasts) is an annual traditional celebration held in many villages and towns of historical land Moravia in the Czech Republic. The festivity is held from May to November in almost all villages and towns of the cultural region of Moravian Slovakia. The time of the celebration differs - each village or town has a church building dedicated to a particular patron saint and usually the nearest Sunday after the date of the saint's day is also the date for celebration of ''Hody''. The celebration usually takes place on Sunday and may last one or two more days. In the centre of the event stands a festive maypole ( or ''májka'') which is usually manually erected one day before the festivity. The maypole is often more than 30 metres tall, built from two or three spruce trees. It is erected with the help of ladders and crowbars. The maypole stands in the centre of a dancing place (in Czech: ''plac'' or ''sólo''). People are dancing and singing around with the accompanime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Mists
''In the Mists'' () is a piano cycle by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, the last of his more substantial solo works for the instrument. It was composed in 1912, some years after Janáček had suffered the death of his daughter Olga and while his operas were still being rejected by the Prague opera houses. All four parts of the cycle are largely written in "misty" keys with five or six flats; characteristic of the cycle are the frequent changes of meter. Czech musicologist Jiří Zahrádka compared the atmosphere of the cycle to impressionist works, in particular those of Claude Debussy. The première took place on 7 December 1913, when Marie Dvořáková played it at a concert organized by the choral society ''Moravan'' in Kroměříž. On January 24, 1914, the cycle had its first public performance at the third concert of the Organ School in Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the conflue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On An Overgrown Path
''On an Overgrown Path'' () is a cycle of fifteen piano pieces written by Leoš Janáček and organized into two volumes. Background Janáček composed all his most important works for solo piano between 1900 and 1912.Score, preface, p. III He probably began preparing his first series of Moravian folk melodies in 1900. At this time, the cycle had only six pieces, intended for harmonium: ''Our evenings'', ''A blown-away leaf'', ''The Frýdek Madonna'', ''Good night!'', ''The barn owl has not flown away!'' and a ''Piu mosso'' published after Janáček’s death.Zahrádka (2009), Preface, P. VIII These melodies provided the basis for the first volume of ''On an Overgrown Path''. Three of these compositions were first published in 1901 with the fifth volume of harmonium pieces, ''Slavic melodies'', under the title ''On an overgrown path – three short compositions''. By 1908 the cycle had grown to nine pieces, and was by then intended for piano instead of harmonium. The definitive ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimbalom
The cimbalom, cimbal (; ) or concert cimbalom is a type of chordophone composed of a large, trapezoidal box on legs with metal strings stretched across its top and a damping pedal underneath. It was designed and created by József Schunda, V. Josef Schunda in 1874 in Budapest, based on his modifications to the existing hammered dulcimer instruments which were already present in Central and Eastern Europe. Today the instrument is mainly played in Hungary, Slovakia, Moravia, Belarus, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine. The cimbalom is typically played by striking two sticks, often with cotton-wound tips, against the strings which are on the top of the instrument. The steel treble strings are arranged in groups of 4 and are tuned in unison. The bass strings which are over-spun with copper, are arranged in groups of 3 and are also tuned in unison. The Hornbostel–Sachs musical instrument classification system registers the cimbalom with the number 314.122-4,5. The name “cimbalom” ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth (wind Sextet)
The woodwind sextet ''Youth'' (Czech: ''Mládí''), (1924) is a chamber composition by Czech composer Leoš Janáček. It was composed for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and bass clarinet. Background The first impulse to compose a woodwind sextet came into Janáček's mind during his visit of the festival of the International Society of Contemporary Music in Salzburg in August 1923. Albert Roussel´s ''Divertimento for Wind Quintet and Piano'' was performed here, and it is possible that this composition motivated Janáček's interest to create a similar work. Another important impulse came to Janáček with a short piece called ''March of the Blue-Boys'' for piccolo, bells and tambourine (or piano). It was written in May 1924 as a reminiscence of Janáček's youth in the Old Brno Monastery. He had probably already decided to write a more extensive work. The composition was created during Janáček's three weeks stay in Hukvaldy in July, 1924. At the beginning of the autumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
String Quartet No
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Violin Sonata (Janáček)
Violin Sonata, a composition for violin and piano, is a work of the Czechs, Czech composer Leoš Janáček (1854–1928). It was written in the summer of 1914, but it was not Janáček’s first attempt to create such a composition. He resolved to compose a violin sonata already as a student at the conservatoire in Leipzig in 1880, and later during his studies in Vienna. His early sonatas are today lost. Background It took almost thirty-five years before Janáček returned to the composition of music for the same combination of instruments. The sonata was created in the period of composer’s marked interest in chamber music (Piano Trio (now lost), 1908, ''Pohádka'' (Fairy Tale) for cello and piano, 1910), and also at the beginning of World War I. The composer himself remembers: ''"...in the 1914 Sonata for violin and piano I could just about hear sound of the steel clashing in my troubled head..."''. The Sonata was printed after many corrections in mid-1922 by ''Hudební matic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
