Leos Janacek

Leoš Janáček (Czech: Leoš Janáček, Czech pronunciation: [ˈlɛoʃ ˈjanaːtʃɛk], July 3, 1854 – August 12, 1928) was a Czech composer, music theorist and folk music scholar. His main creations incorporate a large number of Moravian and Slavic folk music elements, and are interpreted in more modern styles. Along with Antonin Dvořák and Bedoyce Smetana, he is considered the most important Czech composer. Janájek has been collecting folk songs from his hometown of Moravia for many years and observing folk language and natural sounds. These studies have been included in his works. The so-called "tone" (Czech: nápěvky mluvy; German: Sprachmelodie; English: speech melody) has influenced his style, not just in his vocal works. He developed a theory of intonation (German: Theorie der Sprechmelodie). As a result, Janjak diverged from the mainstream of European music of his time and became one of the musical style innovators and important musicians of the 20th century.