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Leoš Janáček

1854 - 1928

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Leoš Janáček (Czech: [ˈlɛoʃ ˈjanaːtʃɛk] ; 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, music theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leoš Janáček is the 83rd most popular composer (down from 76th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 34th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Composer.

Leoš Janáček is most famous for his opera "Jenůfa" and his String Quartet No. 1.

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Among composers, Leoš Janáček ranks 83 out of 1,451. Before him are Jules Massenet, Hans Zimmer, César Franck, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Josquin des Prez, and Alban Berg. After him are Johann Pachelbel, Heinrich Schütz, Luigi Cherubini, Luigi Boccherini, John Williams, and Marc-Antoine Charpentier.

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Among people born in 1854, Leoš Janáček ranks 6. Before him are Pope Benedict XV, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Rimbaud, Henri Poincaré, and Prince Louis of Battenberg. After him are Paul Ehrlich, Henri La Fontaine, Paul Sabatier, Emil von Behring, Karl Kautsky, and James George Frazer. Among people deceased in 1928, Leoš Janáček ranks 6. Before him are Roald Amundsen, Thomas Hardy, Hendrik Lorentz, Wilhelm Wien, and Maria Feodorovna. After him are Max Scheler, Édouard-Henri Avril, Emmeline Pankhurst, Theodore William Richards, Johannes Fibiger, and Franz Stuck.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Leoš Janáček ranks 33 out of 1,200. Before him are Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Edvard Beneš (1884), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Joseph Schumpeter (1883), Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), and Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892). After him are Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907), Emil Zátopek (1922), Hans Kelsen (1881), Max Brod (1884), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), and Gerty Cori (1896).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Leoš Janáček ranks 4. Before him are Gustav Mahler (1860), Antonín Dvořák (1841), and Bedřich Smetana (1824). After him are Bohuslav Martinů (1890), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), Johann Stamitz (1717), Josef Mysliveček (1737), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Josef Suk (1874), Anton Reicha (1770), and Eduard Hanslick (1825).

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