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Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, music writer, and teacher, born on July 3, 1854, in Hukvaldy, Moravia, which was then part of the Austrian Empire. He passed away on August 12, 1928, in Ostrava, in what was then Czechoslovakia. Janáček was inspired by Moravian and Slavic folk music, which led him to develop an original and modern musical style. Until 1895, he focused primarily on folkloristic research, and his early musical works were influenced by contemporaries such as Antonín Dvořák. His later, mature compositions reflect his studies of national folk music in a unique synthesis. Notable works from Janáček's later period include the symphonic poem Sinfonietta, the oratorio Glagolitic Mass, the rhapsody Taras Bulba, string quartets, various chamber works, and numerous original operas.

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