Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928)

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          A List of Janáček's Compositions


            Until 1895 Janáček devoted himself mainly to folkloristic research. While 
      his early musical output was influenced by contemporaries such as Antonín Dvořák, 
      his later, mature works incorporate his earlier studies of national folk music in a 
      modern, highly original synthesis, first evident in the opera Jenůfa, which was 
      premiered in 1904 in Brno. The success of Jenůfa (often called the "Moravian 
      national opera") at Prague in 1916 gave Janáček access to the world's great opera 
      stages. Janáček's later works are his most celebrated. They include operas such as 
      Káťa Kabanová and The Cunning Little Vixen, the Sinfonietta, the Glagolitic 
      Mass, the rhapsody Taras Bulba, two string quartets, and other chamber works. 
      Along with Antonín Dvořák and Bedřich Smetana, he is considered one of the 
      most important Czech composers.


 Selected Janáček Works:

    Operas

          Jenůfa  (1916)           

          Káťa Kabanová  (1921)

          The Cunning Little Vixen  (1921 - 23)


     Other Vocal Works

           Glagolitic Mass  (1926)


     Orchestra Works

           Sinfonietta  (1926)

           Taras Bulba  (1915 - 18)


     Chamber Works

           String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"  (1923)

           String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters"  (1928)

           Concertino (for piano, two violins, viola, clarinet, French horn and bassoon)  (1925)


     Solo Piano Works

           On an Overgrown Path  (completed c. 1912)