Leoš Janáček (jan 1, 1854 – aug 1, 1928)
Description:
a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher.The Oldest Modernist: Leoš Janáček
1. A Czech composer (born in Moravia), Janáček came into his own as a composer late.
2. He was initially seen as a provincial composer.
3. The work that brought him international fame was Jenůfa, a “Czech verismo shocker.”
4. Janáček felt that music should be stylistically accessible to the people from whom it drew its themes.
Speech-Tunelets
1. Janáček felt that music should also reflect speech patterns.
2. In the 1890s he began writing down “speech-tunelets,” known in English as “speech melodies.”
3. Janáček sought to capture the rhythmic style of the Czech language in his music
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Date:
jan 1, 1854
aug 1, 1928
~ 74 years