COMPOSER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leoš Janáček has received more than 846,782 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Leoš Janáček is the 76th most popular composer (up from 84th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 32nd 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

Among composers, Leoš Janáček ranks 76 out of 1,451. Before him are John Williams, Stefania Turkewich, Alexander Scriabin, Gabriel Fauré, Franz Lehár, and Alexander Borodin. After him are Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Hans Zimmer, Johann Pachelbel, Mikis Theodorakis, and Alban Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Leoš Janáček ranks 5. Before him are Oscar Wilde, Arthur Rimbaud, Pope Benedict XV, and Henri Poincaré. After him are Emil von Behring, Paul Ehrlich, Karl Kautsky, Henri La Fontaine, James George Frazer, Paul Sabatier, and Milan I of Serbia. Among people deceased in 1928, Leoš Janáček ranks 4. Before him are Roald Amundsen, Hendrik Lorentz, and Wilhelm Wien. After him are Max Scheler, Maria Feodorovna, Emmeline Pankhurst, Édouard-Henri Avril, Pyotr Wrangel, Johannes Fibiger, Theodore William Richards, and Zhang Zuolin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Leoš Janáček ranks 34 out of 1,200. Before him are Miloš Forman (1932), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Edvard Beneš (1884), Václav Klaus (1941), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), and Hans Kelsen (1881). After him are Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Jan Palach (1948), Miloš Zeman (1944), Klement Gottwald (1896), Karl Kautsky (1854), and Emil Zátopek (1922).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

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

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