Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Bio
Janáček was born in Hukvaldy, Moravia in modern day Czechia. He showed skill as a child and studied at the Prague Organ School. He had little means and did his early composing on a drawing of a keyboard on a table. He enrolled in the Leipzig Conservatory but was turned down by Saint-Saëns before moving to the Vienna Conservatory. He focused on local folk music in his compositions and was influenced by his famous countrymen, Smetana and Dvořák.
Music
In the Mists
On an overgrown path
String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"
Taras Bulba
Idyll
Sinfonietta
Suite for String Orchestra
Piano Works
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