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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Leoš Janáček canonical 25
Leo Janáček 3
Janáček 1

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Statements (51)

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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Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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