Janáček

American  

[yah-nah-chek] / ˈjɑ nɑˌtʃɛk /

noun

1. Leoš 1854–1928, Czech composer.

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Janáček British  

/ ˈjanaːtʃɛk /

noun

1. Leoš (ˈlɛɔʃ). 1854–1928, Czech composer. His music is influenced by Czech folksong and speech rhythms and is remarkable for its integration of melody and language. His works include the operas Jenufa (1904) and The Cunning Little Vixen (1924), the Glagolitic Mass (1927), as well as orchestral and chamber music and songs

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Janáček

Michael Goldstein, one of Pinter’s childhood best friends and a lifelong intellectual interlocutor, put Pinter onto the composer Leoš Janáček, whose string quartet “Intimate Letters” tries to mimic spoken Czech.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2019

Given the sheer breadth of the repertory nowadays, it’s remarkable that three versions of the same Janáček opera should be opening in the UK within a few weeks.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2019

Debussy, Ravel, Bartók, Janáček, Schoenberg, and the majority of postwar composers never produced a full-scale Beethovenian symphony.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2015

The only parallels that came to mind were a David Garnett short story, Lady Into Fox, and the great Janáček opera The Cunning Little Vixen.

From The Guardian ● May 29, 2012

Pavel Haas was a star pupil of Janáček and already an established composer when he arrived at the Terezín ghetto in 1941.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2010