JANÁČEK, LEOŠ

lĕˈôsh yäˈnächĕk, 1854–1928, Czech composer, theorist, and collector of Slavic folk music. He studied in Prague and Leipzig and founded a music conservatory at Brno in 1881. His works include the operas Jenufa (1904), his best-known work; Katia Kabanova (1921), after Ostrovsky's Storm; The Makropulos Affair (1926); and From the House of the Dead (1930), after a novel by Dostoyevsky. Also of note are Janáček's song cycle, The Diary of One Who Vanished (1916–19), and his Glagolitic Festival Mass (1926), with a text in Old Slavonic.

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Janacek and Czech music: Proceedings of the International Conference (Saint Louis, 1988)
Book by Michael Beckerman, Glen Bauer; Pendragon Press, 1995
Subjects: Janacek, Leos--1854-1928, Music--Czech Republic--Congresses
...index. ISBN 0-945193-36-x 1. Janacek, Leos, 1854-1928--Congresses. 2. Music...Henry Cowell, Leos Janacek and Who were the Others? EVA...295 Leos Janacek and His Influence of Slovak Music...
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Janacek as Theorist
Book by Michael Beckerman; Pendragon Press, 1994
Subjects: Janacek, Leos--1854-1928--Contributions in music theory, Janacek, Leos--1854-1928--Written works, Music--Theory
...THE MUSIC OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA No. 3 Leos Janacek Caricature from Leos Jancek...index. ISBN 0-945193-03-3 1. Janacek, Leos, 1854-1928--Contributions in music theory 2. Janacek, Leos, 1854-1928--Written works. 3...
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Janaaecek's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoes Janaaecek
Book by Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Janacek, Leos--1854-1928--Bibliography, Music--Czech Republic
...OF THE MUSIC AND WRITINGS OF LEOs JANACEK NIGEL SIMEONE JOHN TYRRELL...1893 vol. 3 by the compilers, Leos Janacek, Lucie Bakesova, Xavera Behalkova...critical edition of the works of Leos Janacek ES, Prague; Barenreiter, Kassel...
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Opera: A Research and Information Guide
Book by Guy A. Marco; Garland, 2001
Subjects: Operas--Bibliography
...Ibert 206 , DIndy 206 , Janacek 207 , Jommelli 209 , Joplin...and Wolf. 174. The New Grove Turn of the Century Masters: Janacek, Mahler, Strauss, Sibelius. New York: Norton, 1985. 324p. ISBN...
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Prague Territories: National Conflict and Cultural Innovation in Franz Kafka's Fin de Siecle
Book by Scott Spector; University of California Press, 2000
Subjects: German Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, German Literature--Czech Republic--Prague--History And Criticism, German Literature--Jewish Authors--History And Criticism, Kafka, Franz--1883-1924--Homes And Haunts--Czech Republic--Prague, Prague (Czech Republic)--Intellectual Life
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journal articles on: JanACek LeoS  - 1 result

 
 
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Seamus Heaney's Regionalism
Journal article by Richard Rankin Russell; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 54, 2008
Subjects: Authors, Irish--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, Irish--Works, Heaney, Seamus--Criticism and interpretation, Heaney, Seamus--Works, Irish writers--Criticism and interpretation, Irish writers--Works
...European poets such as Osip Mandelstam, Miroslav Holub, and Leos Janacek--because he finds in them the same sort of poetic regionalist...Introduction. Diary of One Who Vanished: A Song Cycle by Leos Janacek in a New Version by Seamus Heaney. London: Faber, 1999...


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magazine articles on: JanACek LeoS  - 11 results

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Leos Janacek: A Master Czech Composer
Magazine article by Thomas J. Pniewski; World and I, Vol. 19, October 2004
Subjects: Composers--Appreciation, Janacek, Leos, Janacek, Leos--Appreciation
Leos Janacek: A Master Czech Composer. by Thomas...twentieth-century music is the Czech composer Leos Janacek. At the 1916 premiere of his opera Jenufa...mystical nationalism and inner discipline. Janacek produced a series of large-scaled musical...
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Czech List
Magazine article; New Statesman, Vol. 130, September 17, 2001
Subjects: Composers--Biography, Janacek, Leos--Biography, The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera)--Reviews
...on the extraordinary career of Leos Janacek What could be more up to date...That was the starting point for Leos Janaceks most accessible work, The Cunning...staging, imported from Hamburg, of Janaceks first great success, Jenufa...
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Janacek and His World
Magazine article by Jane Ann Wilson; American Music Teacher, Vol. 53, February 2004
Subjects: Janacek and His World (Book)
...collection of essays pertaining to the great Czech composer Leos Janacek (1854-1928) and translations of several articles by...Cultural Politics of Language and Music: Max Brod and Leos Janacek" discusses in-depth the critic who had much to do with...
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Kata Kabanova
Magazine article by John Simon; New Criterion, Vol. 17, March 1999
Subjects: Katya Kabanova (Opera)--Performances, Operas--Reviews
...Simon Kata Kabanova, by Leos Janacek, at the Metropolitan Opera House...Jonathan Millers staging of Janaceks Kata Kabanova at the Metropolitan...loss over Katas prostrate body. Janacek omits this, ending instead with...
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Two at City Opera
Magazine article by Alexander Coleman; New Criterion, Vol. 17, January 1999
Subjects: Of Mice and Men (Opera)--Reviews, Operas--Reviews, The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera)--Reviews
...particular interest: the revival of Leos Janaceks The Cunning Little Vixen, sung...year, brings us to the paradox of Janaceks achievement. Here is a composer...all the more so the older he got, Janacek was an admirer of Alban Berg and...
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newspaper articles on: JanACek LeoS  - 24 results

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Elgar the Soul Star; REVIEW
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 1, 2004
Subjects: Janacek, Leos, Zukerman, Pinchas
...the birth of Moravian composer Leos Janacek, and The Proms Bohemian theme received...of Kurt Masur. This was one of Janaceks final works and, like most of the...Debussy to keep your bearings. Janacek was not a devout man and this mass...
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'Jenufa' Out-Performs Audience at Opening; WNO Deserves Praise, Support for Enhancing Its Repertoire
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 7, 2007
Subjects: Janacek, Leos, Jenufa (Opera), Operas--Opera reviews
...musically riveting production of Leos Janaceks first operatic masterpiece, "Jenufa...Washington National Opera WHAT: Leos Janaceks "Jenufa" WHEN: May 10, 16, 24...Operas riveting production of Leos Janaceks masterpiece. NO CREDIT
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PERFORMANCES by Brian Friel Wilton's Music Hall; First Night Review
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 5, 2006
Subjects: Theater--Theater reviews
...Review. Byline: QUENTIN LETTS LEOS Janacek, the classical Czech composer who...wives for other muses. What made Janacek unusual - the Sir Mick Jagger of...something of a porker. Name of Kamila. Janaceks music flared amazingly under Kamilas...
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All They Need Is Love
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 25, 2007
Subjects: English National Opera, La Boheme (Opera)
...better work than this. The operas of Leos Janacek will never be crowd pleasers in...nevertheless deeply satisfying. Janacek and Puccinis lives overlapped, the...evidence that Puccini influenced Janacek, one of the few composers who clearly...
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CULTURE: Shocking Opera That Touches the Heart; Drunkenness, Debauchery, Child Murder - It's Just a Typical Night out with English Touring Opera, Writes Terry Grimley
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 20, 2006
Subjects: Infanticide, Jenufa (Opera)--Criticism and interpretation, Operas, Theater
...Grimley. Byline: Terry Grimley Leos Janacek wrote his opera Jenufa between...reveal his true stature. Now Jenufa, Janaceks first big success, is paired with...touring a larger orchestra than Janacek had at the first performance in...
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encyclopedia articles on: JanACek LeoS  - 1 result

 
 
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JanÁČek, LeoŠ
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JANACEK, LEOS le osh ya nachek, 1854 1928, Czech composer, theorist, and collector...House of the Dead (1930), after a novel by Dostoyevsky. Also of note are Janaceks song cycle, The Diary of One Who Vanished (1916 19), and his Glagolitic...


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