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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
?Nationality? ?composer, organist, and/or teacher or?
Czech composer, organist, and teacher
* ?birth year? born in ?birth city?
* Born in Hukvaldy, Moravia on July 3, 1854
* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
* 1872 graduated from the Czech Teachers' Institute
* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
* 1872 became choirmaster over a monastery choir.
* ?year of death? died in ?city of death?
* 1874-5 studied with Skuhersky at the Prague Organ School
* 1879-80 studied at the Leipzig Conservatory
* 1880 studied at the Vienna Conservatory
* 1882 founded a organ school in Moravia
* 1924 retired from the Brno Organ School
* Died in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia on Aug 12, 1928


For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?first_middle_last as listed in Wikipedia article?].
1875-1884 His style was nationalistic. He had the melodic and rhythmically richer irregularites of word-based Slovak, Hungarian, and Romanian folk music. His music is mostly diatonic, with chromatics reinforcing rather than detracting from the harmony. He wrote ''Prelude'', ''Varyto'', ''Chorale Fantasy'', ''Oettingenach'', and ''2 Pieces for Organ''
 
For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leos_Janacek as listed in Wikipedia article Leos_Janacek].


==List of Organ Works==
==List of Organ Works==

Latest revision as of 20:18, 29 November 2014

Synopsis

Czech composer, organist, and teacher

  • Born in Hukvaldy, Moravia on July 3, 1854
  • 1872 graduated from the Czech Teachers' Institute
  • 1872 became choirmaster over a monastery choir.
  • 1874-5 studied with Skuhersky at the Prague Organ School
  • 1879-80 studied at the Leipzig Conservatory
  • 1880 studied at the Vienna Conservatory
  • 1882 founded a organ school in Moravia
  • 1924 retired from the Brno Organ School
  • Died in Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia on Aug 12, 1928

1875-1884 His style was nationalistic. He had the melodic and rhythmically richer irregularites of word-based Slovak, Hungarian, and Romanian folk music. His music is mostly diatonic, with chromatics reinforcing rather than detracting from the harmony. He wrote Prelude, Varyto, Chorale Fantasy, Oettingenach, and 2 Pieces for Organ

For details, see the as listed in Wikipedia article Leos_Janacek.

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