List of compositions by Leoš Janácek
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Below is a List of Compositions by Leoš Janáček
sorted by genre, catalogue number, date, original and English titles. JW numbers are from Janáček's Works: a Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček by Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell, Alena Němcová
}Říkadla [1] || Nursery Rhymes [1] || 8 songs for 1 to 3 mezzo-sopranos, clarinet and piano
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| Choral || align=center|JW 4/44 || align=center|1925–1926 || Naše vlajka || Our Flag || for male chorus and 2 solo sopranos
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| Choral || align=center|JW 5/17 || align=center|1926 || Říkadla [2] || Nursery Rhymes [2] || introduction and 18 songs for chamber choir and chamber ensemble
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| Choral || align=center|JW 3/9 || align=center|1926–1927 || Glagolská mše (Mša glagolskaja) || Glagolitic Mass
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| Choral || align=center|JW 4/45 || align=center|1928 || Sbor při kladení základního kamene Masarykovy university v Brně || Chorus Composed for the Occasion of the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Masaryk University in Brno || for male chorus
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/1 || align=center|1871–1875? || Když mě nechceš, což je víc? || If You Don't Love Me, What Do I Care? || for tenor (or chorus) and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/2 || align=center|1892–1901 || Moravská lidová poesie v písních || Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs || 53 folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/3 || align=center|1897–1898 || Jarní píseň || Spring Song || revised 1905
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/4 || align=center|1898 || Ukvalská lidová poezie v písních || Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs || 13 folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/6 || align=center|1908–1912 || Pět moravských tanců || 5 Moravian Dances || folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/7 || align=center|1908–1912 || Čtyři balady || 4 Ballads || folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/8 || align=center|1908–1912 || Dvě balady || 2 Ballads || folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/9 || align=center|1909 || Šest národních písní, jež zpívala Gabel Eva (26 Balad lidových I.) || 6 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part I) || for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/10 || align=center|1911 || Podme, milá, podme! || || folk song arrangement for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/11 || align=center|1916 || Písně detvanské, zbojnické balady (26 Balad lidových III.) || Detva Songs, Robber’s Ballads (26 Folk Ballads, Part III) || 8 folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/13 || align=center|1918 || Slezské písně (ze sbírky Heleny Salichové) || || 10 folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/14 || align=center|1920 || Ukolébavka || Lullaby || folk song arrangement for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/15 || align=center|1923 || Úpravy lidových písní v článku „Starosta Smolík“ || || for voice and unspecified instrument
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 8/23 || align=center|1922 || Moravské lidové písně || Moravian Folk Songs || 15 folk song arrangements for piano and voice ad lib.
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 8/24 || align=center|1911 || Ej, duby, duby || || folk song arrangement for piano and voice ad lib.
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 8/25 || align=center| || Budem tady stat || || folk song arrangement for piano and voice ad lib.
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Leoš Janácek
Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and all Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style. Until 1895 he devoted himself mainly to folkloristic research and his early musical output was influenced by...
sorted by genre, catalogue number, date, original and English titles. JW numbers are from Janáček's Works: a Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček by Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell, Alena Němcová
Genre | JW | Composition date | Czech title (original title) | English title | Notes |
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Opera | JW 1/1 | 1887–1888 | Šárka | Šárka Šárka (Janácek) Šárka is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by Julius Zeyer, based on Bohemian legends of Šárka in Dalimil’s Chronicle... |
revised 1919 |
Opera | JW 1/3 | 1891 | Počátek románu | The Beginning of a Romance | |
Opera | JW 1/4 | 1894–1903 | Její pastorkyňa | Jenůfa Jenufa Jenůfa is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer, based on the play Její pastorkyňa by Gabriela Preissová. It was first performed at the Brno Theater, Brno, 21 January 1904... or "Her Stepdaughter" |
revised 1908, 1915 |
Opera | JW 1/5 | 1903–1905 | Osud | Destiny Destiny (Janácek) Destiny is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer and Fedora Bartošová. Janáček began the work in 1903 and completed it in 1907. The inspiration for the opera came from a visit by Janáček in the summer of 1903, after the death of his daughter Olga, to the spa... (Fate) |
revised 1906–1907 |
Opera | JW 1/6 JW 1/7 |
1908–1916 1917 |
Výlety páně Broučkovy
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The Excursions of Mr. Brouček
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Opera | JW 1/8 | 1919–1921 | Káťa Kabanová | Káťa Kabanová Káta Kabanová Káťa Kabanová is an opera in three acts, with music by Leoš Janáček to a libretto by Vincenc Červinka, based on The Storm, a play by Alexander Ostrovsky. The opera was also largely inspired by Janáček's love for Kamila Stösslová... |
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Opera | JW 1/9 | 1921–1923 | Příhody lišky Bystroušky | The Cunning Little Vixen The Cunning Little Vixen The Cunning Little Vixen is an opera by Leoš Janáček, with a libretto adapted by the composer from a serialized novella by Rudolf Těsnohlídek and Stanislav Lolek, which was first published in the newspaper Lidové noviny.-Composition history:When Janáček discovered Těsnohlídek's... |
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Opera | JW 1/10 | 1923–1925 | Věc Makropulos | The Makropulos Affair | |
Opera | JW 1/11 | 1927–1928 | Z mrtvého domu | From the House of the Dead From the House of the Dead From the House of the Dead is an opera by Leoš Janáček, in three acts. The libretto was translated and adapted by the composer from the novel by Dostoyevsky... |
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Ballet | JW 1/2 | 1891 | Rákós Rákóczy | Rákós Rákóczy | |
Orchestral | JW 6/1 | 1875 | Zvuky ku památce Förchtgotta-Tovačovského | for string orchestra | |
Orchestral | JW 6/2 | 1877 | Suita | Suite | for string orchestra |
Orchestral | JW 6/3 | 1888 | Idyla | Idyll | for string orchestra |
Orchestral | JW 6/4 | 1889–1891 | Valašské tance | Valachian Dances | Op.2 |
Orchestral | JW 6/5 | 1890 | Adagio | Adagio | |
Orchestral | JW 6/6 | c.1891 | Suita (Serenáda) | Suite (Serenade) | Op.3 |
Orchestral | JW 6/7 | Moravské tance | Moravian Dances | 5 folk dances for orchestra | |
Orchestral | JW 6/8 | 1890 | Hanácké tance | Hanakian Dances | |
Orchestral | JW 6/9 | 1893 | České tance, 1. Suita | Czech Dances, Suite I | |
Orchestral | JW 6/10 | 1894 | Žárlivost | Jealousy | overture (to Jenůfa) |
Orchestral | JW 3/6 | 1898 | Smuteční pochod | Funeral March | Epilogue from the cantata Amarus |
Orchestral | JW 6/11 | 1899 | Požehnaný | Požehnaný (Lachian Dance) | |
Orchestral | JW 6/12 | 1899 | Kozáček | Kozáček (Russian Dance) | |
Orchestral | JW 6/13 | c.1899 | Srbské kolo | Srbské kolo (Serbian Dance) | |
Orchestral | JW 6/14 | 1912 | Šumařovo dítě | The Fiddler's Child | Ballade for orchestra |
Orchestral | JW 6/15 | 1915–1918 | Taras bulba | Taras Bulba Taras Bulba (rhapsody) Taras Bulba is a rhapsody for orchestra by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. It was composed in 1918 and belongs to the most powerful of Janáček's scores. It is based on the novel by Gogol.... |
Rhapsody for orchestra |
Orchestral | JW 6/16 | 1920 | Balada Blanická | Ballad of Blaník Ballad of Blaník Ballad of Blaník is a symphonic poem composed in 1920 by Leoš Janáček, based on a text by Jaroslav Vrchlický. The piece is written in the key of A flat minor. Its première was in Brno on 21 March 1920.... |
symphonic poem Symphonic poem A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein... |
Orchestral | JW 6/17 | 1924 | Lašské tance | Lachian Dances Lachian Dances The Lachian Dances was the first mature work by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Originally titled Wallachian Dances after the Moravian Wallachia region, Janáček later changed the title when the region's name also changed, since it reflects folk songs from that specific area.- Background :Janáček... |
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Orchestral | JW 6/18 | 1926 | Sinfonietta (Symfonietta vojenská) | Sinfonietta Sinfonietta (Janácek) The Sinfonietta is a very expressive and festive, late work for large orchestra by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček... |
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Orchestral | JW 9/7 | 1923–1928 | Dunaj | The Danube | symphonic fragment |
Orchestral | JW 9/11 | 1928 | Schluck und Jau | Schluck und Jau | incidental music |
Concertante | JW 7/11 | 1925 | Concertino | Concertino Concertino (Janácek) Concertino for piano, two violins, viola, clarinet, french horn and bassoon is a composition by Czech composer Leoš Janáček.- Background :The composition was written in first months of 1925, but Janáček decided on its inception in the end of 1924. He was impressed by the skills of pianist Jan... |
for piano and chamber ensemble |
Concertante | JW 7/12 | 1924 | Capriccio „Vzdor“ | Capriccio “Defiance” Capriccio (Janácek) The Capriccio for Piano Left-Hand and Chamber Ensemble is a composition by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. The work was written in the autumn of 1926 and is remarkable not just in the context of Janáček's output, but it also occupies an exceptional position in the literature written for piano... |
for piano left-hand and chamber ensemble |
Concertante | JW 9/10 | 1926 | Houslový Koncert „Putování dušičky“ | Violin Concerto “Pilgrimage of the Soul” The Wandering of a Little Soul The Wandering of a Little Soul is a violin concerto by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. The work is also known in English as "Pilgrimage of a Little Soul", "Pilgrimage of a Dear Soul" or simply as "Pilgrimage of the Soul"... |
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Chamber music | JW 7/1 | 1875 | Znělka I | Sonnet I | for 4 violins |
Chamber music | JW 7/2 | Znělka II | Sonnet II | for 4 violins; incomplete | |
Chamber music | JW 7/3 | 1879 | Romance | Romance | for violin and piano |
Chamber music | JW 7/4 | 1880 | Dumka | Dumka | for violin and piano |
Chamber music | JW 7/5 | 1910 | Pohádka | Fairy Tale Pohádka (Janáček) Pohádka is a chamber composition for cello and piano by Czech composer Leoš Janáček.... , 4 Pieces |
for cello and piano; revised 1912, 1923 |
Chamber music | JW 7/6 | 1910 | Presto | Presto | for cello and piano |
Chamber music | JW 7/7 | 1913 | Houslová sonáta | Violin Sonata Violin Sonata (Janácek) Violin Sonata for violin and piano is a work of the Czech composer Leoš Janáček . It was written in the summer of 1914, but it was not Janáček’s first attempt to create such a composition. He resolved to compose violin sonata already as a student at the conservatoire in Leipzig in 1880, and later... |
for violin and piano; revised 1921 |
Chamber music | JW 7/8 | 1923 | Smyčcový kvartet č. 1 „Z podnětu Tolstého Kreutzerovy sonáty“ | String Quartet No. 1 “Inspired by Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata” String Quartet No. 1 (Janácek) Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata", was written in a very short space of time, between 13 and 28 October 1923, at a time of great creative concentration. The work was revised by the composer in the autograph from 30 October to 7 November 1923.The composition was inspired by Leo... |
for 2 violins, viola and cello |
Chamber music | JW 7/9 | 1924 | Pochod modráčků | March of the Blue Boys | for piccolo and piano |
Chamber music | JW 7/10 | 1924 | Mládí | Youth Youth (wind sextet) The woodwind sextet Youth , is a chamber composition by Czech composer Leoš Janáček. It was composed for flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon and bass clarinet.- Background :... |
for wind sextet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn) |
Chamber music | JW 7/13 | 1928 | Smyčcový kvartet č. 2 „Listy důvěrné“ | String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters” String Quartet No. 2 (Janácek) Leoš Janáček's String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters", was written in 1928. It has been referred to as Janáček's "manifesto on love".- Background :... |
for 2 violins, viola and cello |
Organ | JW 8/2 | 1875 | Předehra | Overture | |
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Organ | JW 8/4 | Chorální fantasie | Choralfantasie | ||
Organ | JW 8/7 | 1884 | Dvě skladby pro varhany | 2 Pieces for Organ | |
Organ | JW 2/11 | 1902? | Svatý Václave | Saint Wenceslas | organ accompaniment for an old Czech hymn |
Piano | JW 8/6 | 1880 | Tema con variazioni – Zdeňčiny variace | Zdenka Variations | in B major, Op.1 |
Piano | JW 8/8 | 1885 | Dymák | Dymák | folk dance arrangement |
Piano | JW 8/9 | 1887? | Na památku | In Remembrance | |
Piano | JW 8/10 | 1888–1889 | Národní tance na Moravě | Folk Dances of Moravia | 21 folk arrangements for piano 2- or 4-hands, with cimbalom or voice ad lib. |
Piano | JW 8/11 | 1888 | Srňátko | Srňátko | folk dance arrangement |
Piano | JW 8/12 | 1893 | Ej, danaj! | folk dance arrangement; combined with JW 8/18 as 3 Moravské tance (3 Moravian Dances) | |
Piano | JW 8/13 | 1893 | Hudba ke kroužení kužely | Music for Club-swinging Exercises | |
Piano | JW 8/14 | 1893? | Řezníček | Řezníček | folk dance arrangement |
Piano | JW 8/15 | 1893? | Zezulenka | Zezulenka | folk dance arrangement |
Piano | JW 8/16 | 1894 | Žárlivost | Jealousy | for piano 4-hands; piano transcription of JW 6/10 |
Piano | W 8/17 | 1901–1908 | Po zarostlém chodníčku | On an Overgrown Path On an Overgrown Path On an Overgrown Path is a cycle of thirteen piano pieces written by Leoš Janáček and organized into two volumes.- Background :... |
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Piano | W 8/18 | c.1904 | 2 Moravské tance | 2 Moravian Dances | folk dance arrangements; combined with JW 8/12 as 3 Moravské tance (3 Moravian Dances) |
Piano | JW 8/19 | 1905 | Sonáta pro klavír „I. X. 1905, Z ulice“ | Piano Sonata “1 October 1905, From the Street” 1. X. 1905 1. X. 1905, also known as Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, is a two-movement piano composition which Leoš Janáček composed in 1905... |
in E minor |
Piano | JW 8/20 | 1909 | Narodil se Kristus Pán | Christ, the Lord, Is Risen | Czech Christmas song arrangement with voice ad lib. |
Piano | JW 8/21 | 1911 | Moderato | Moderato | |
Piano | JW 8/22 | 1912 | V mlhách | In the Mists In the Mists In the Mists is a piano cycle by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, the last of his more substantial solo works for the instrument. It was composed in 1912, some years after Janáček had suffered the death of his daughter Olga and while his operas were still being rejected by the Prague opera houses... |
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Piano | JW 8/23 | 1922 | Moravské lidové písně | Moravian Folk Songs | 15 folk song arrangements with voice ad lib. |
Piano | JW 8/24 | 1911 | Ej, duby, duby | Ej, duby, duby | folk song arrangement with voice ad lib. |
Piano | JW 8/25 | Budem tady stat | Budem tady stat (We Will Stay Here) | folk song arrangement with voice ad lib. | |
Piano | JW 8/26 | 1923 | Con moto | Con moto | |
Piano | JW 8/27 | 1924 | Skladba bez názvu | Untitled Piece | |
Piano | JW 8/28 | 1925 | Bratřím Mrštíkům | To the Mrštík Brothers | |
Piano | JW 8/29 | 1926? | Skladba bez názvu | Untitled Piece | |
Piano | JW 8/30 | 1926? | Na starém hradě hukvalském | In the Old Castle at Hukvaldy | folk dance arrangement |
Piano | JW 8/31 | 1927 | Andante | Andante | |
Piano | JW 8/32 | 1928 | Vzpomínka | A Recollection | |
Piano | JW 8/33 | Skladby v památníku Kamily Stösslové | Pieces in the Kamila Stösslová Album | 13 pieces for piano and harmonium | |
Choral | JW 4/1 | 1873 | Orání | Ploughing | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/2 | 1873 | Válečná [1] | War Song [1] | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/3 | 1873 | Válečná [2] | War Song [2] | for male chorus, trumpet, 3 trombones and piano |
Choral | JW 4/4 | 1873 | Nestálost lásky | Inconsistency in Love | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/5 | 1873–1876 | Divím se milému | for male chorus | |
Choral | JW 4/6 | 1873–1876 | Vínek stonulý | How Strange My Lover Is | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/7 | 1874 | Osamělá bez těchy [1] | Forsaken [1] | for male chorus; revised in 1898 as JW 4/26 |
Choral | JW 2/1 | 1874 | Graduale „Speciosus forma“ | Graduale “Speciosus forma” | motet for chorus and organ |
Choral | JW 2/2 | 1875 | Introitus in festo Ss. Nominis Jesu | Introitus in festo Ss. Nominis Jesu | motet for chorus and organ |
Choral | JW 2/3 | 1875 | Exaudi Deus [1] | Exaudi Deus [1] | motet for chorus and organ |
Choral | JW 2/4 | 1875 | Exaudi Deus [2] | Exaudi Deus [2] | motet for chorus and organ |
Choral | JW 2/5 | 1875 | Benedictus | Benedictus | motet for chorus and organ |
Choral | JW 2/6 | 1875 | Communio „Fidelis servus“ | Communio “Fidelis servus” | motet for chorus |
Choral | JW 2/7 | 1875–1878 | Regnum mundi | Regnum mundi | motet for chorus |
Choral | JW 2/8 | 1875–1879 | Exsurge Domine | Exsurge Domine | motet for chorus |
Choral | JW 2/9 | 1875?–1879 | Graduale in festo purificationis BVM „Suscepimus“ | Graduale in festo purificationis BVM “Suscepimus” | motet for chorus |
Choral | JW 4/8 | 1876 | Láska opravdivá | True Love | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/9 | 1876 | Osudu neujdeš | You Will Not Escape Fate | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/10 | 1876 | Zpěvná duma | for male chorus | |
Choral | JW 4/11 | 1876? | Na košatej jedli dva holubi seďá | for male chorus | |
Choral | JW 4/12 | 1877 | Slavnostní sbor (k položení základního kamene ústavu ku vzdělání učitelů) | Festival Chorus | for 4 solo male voices and chorus |
Choral | JW 4/13 | 1878? | Slavnostní sbor ku svěcení nové budovy c. k. slovanského ústavu ku vzdělání učitelů v Brně | for baritone, male chorus and piano | |
Choral | JW 4/14 | 1880 | Píseň v jeseni | Autumn Song | for chorus |
Choral | JW 4/15 | 1880–1885 | Na prievoze | At the Ferry | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 2/10 | 1881 | České církevní zpěvy z Lehnerova mešního kancionálu | for chorus and organ | |
Choral | JW 4/16 | 1883 | Ave Maria | Ave Maria | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/17 | 1885 | Čtveřice mužských sborů | 4 Male Choruses | |
Choral | JW 4/18 | 1885 | Kačena divoká | The Wild Duck | for chorus |
Choral | JW 4/19 | 1888 | Tři sbory mužské | 3 Male Choruses | |
Choral | JW 4/20 | 1889? | Královničky. „Staré národní tance obřadné se zpěvy“ | 10 folk songs and dances for unison chorus and piano | |
Choral | JW 3/1 | 1890 | Naše píseň [1] | Our Song [1] | for chorus and orchestra |
Choral | JW 3/1 | 1890 | Sivý sokol zaletěl | for chorus and orchestra | |
Choral | JW 4/21 | 1890 | Naše píseň [2] | Our Song [2] | for chorus |
Choral | JW 3/2 | 1891 | Komáři se ženili | folk song arrangement for chorus and orchestra | |
Choral | JW 3/3 | 1892 | Zelené sem seła | folk song arrangement for chorus and orchestra | |
Choral | JW 3/4 | 1893 | Keď zme šli na hody Hody (South Moravia) Hody is an annual traditional celebration held in the villages of South Moravian Region, Czech Republic. The festivity is held from May to November in almost all villages and towns of Moravia... |
folk song arrangement for chorus and orchestra | |
Choral | JW 4/22 | 1893 | Což ta naše bříza | Our Birch Tree | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/23 | 1894 | Už je slúnko z téj hory ven | for baritone, chorus and piano | |
Choral | JW 4/24 | 1894? | Odpočiň si | funeral chorus for male chorus | |
Choral | JW 3/5 | 1896 | Hospodine! | Hear Me, O Lord! | cantata for soloists, chorus, brass, harp and organ |
Choral | JW 4/25 | 1897–1898 | Slavnostní sbor k svěcení praporu Svatojosefské jednoty | Festival Chorus | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 3/6 | 1897 | Amarus | Amarus Amarus Amarus is a cantata composed by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, consisting of five movements. It was completed in 1897, having been started after Janáček's visit to Russia the previous summer.... |
cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra; revised 1901, 1906 |
Choral | JW 4/26 | 1898 | Osamělá bez těchy [2] | Forsaken [2] | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/27 | 1899 | Ukvalské písně | Hukvaldy Songs | 6 folk song arrangements for chorus |
Choral | JW 4/28 | 1900,1906 | Čtvero mužských sborů moravských | 4 Moravian Choruses | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/29 | 1901, 1906 | Otče náš | Our Father | cantata for tenor, chorus and piano (harmonium) or harp and organ |
Choral | JW 2/11 | 1902? | Svatý Václave | Saint Wenceslas | organ accompaniment for an old Czech hymn |
Choral | JW 2/12 | 1903 | Constitues | Constitues | motet for male chorus and organ |
Choral | JW 2/13 | 1903 | Veni Sancte Spiritus | Veni Sancte Spiritus | motet for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/30 | 1903, 1904 | Elegie na smrt dcery Olgy | Elegy on the Death of My Daughter Olga Elegy on the Death of Daughter Olga Elegy on the Death of Daughter Olga, JW 4/30 is a cantata for tenor solo, mixed choir and pianoforte, written by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček in 1903. It was written to commemorate the death of composer's daughter, Olga Janáčková... |
cantata for tenor, chorus and piano |
Choral | JW 2/14 | 1904 | Zdrávas Maria | Ave Maria | for tenor (or soprano), chorus, violin and organ or piano |
Choral | JW 4/31 | 1904–1906 | Vínek | folk song arrangement for male chorus | |
Choral | JW 4/32 | 1906 | Lidová nokturna. Večerní zpěvy slovenského lidu z Rovného (26 Balad lidových II.) | Folk Nocturne. Evening Songs of the Slovak People of Rovné (26 Folk Ballads, Part II) | 7 folk song arrangements for female vocal duo and piano |
Choral | JW 4/33 | 1906 | Kantor Halfar | Kantor Halfar | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/34 | 1906 | Maryčka Magdónova [1] | Maryčka Magdónova [1] | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/35 | 1907 | Maryčka Magdónova [2] | Maryčka Magdónova [2] | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/36 | 1909 | 70.000 (Sedmdesát tisíc) | Seventy-thousand | for male chorus; revised 1912 |
Choral | JW 3/7 | 1911 | Na Soláni čarták | cantata for tenor, male chorus and orchestra | |
Choral | JW 3/8 | 1914 | Věčné evangelium | The Eternal Gospel | cantata for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra |
Choral | JW 4/37 | 1912?, 1916-1917 |
Pět národních písní (26 Balad lidových IV.) | 5 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part IV) | folk song arrangements for tenor, male chorus and piano or harmonium |
Choral | JW 4/38 | 1914 | Perina | The Featherbed | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 4/39 | 1916 | Vlčí stopa | Wolf Tracks | for female chorus |
Choral | JW 4/40 | 1916 | Hradčanské písničky | Songs of Hradčany | 3 choruses for soprano, female chorus, flute and harp |
Choral | JW 4/41 | 1916 | Kašpar Rucký | Kašpar Rucký | for soprano, 4 solo female voices and female chorus |
Choral | JW 5/12 | 1917–1919 | Zápisník zmizelého | The Diary of One Who Disappeared The Diary of One Who Disappeared The Diary of One Who Disappeared is a song cycle for tenor, alto, three female voices and piano, written by Czech composer Leoš Janáček.- Background :... |
song cycle Song cycle A song cycle is a group of songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a single entity. As a rule, all of the songs are by the same composer and often use words from the same poet or lyricist. Unification can be achieved by a narrative or a persona common to the songs, or even, as in Schumann's... for tenor, alto, 3 female voices and piano; revised 1920 |
Choral | JW 4/42 | 1918 | Česká legie | The Czech Legion | for male chorus |
Choral | JW 5/43 | 1922 | Potulný šílenec | The Wandering Madman The Wandering Madman The Wandering Madman is a choral composition for soprano, tenor, baritone and male chorus, written in 1922 by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček to the words of a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. It was inspired by Tagore's 1921 lecture in Czechoslovakia... |
for male chorus with soprano solo |
Choral | JW 5/16 | 1924 |
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| Choral || align=center|JW 4/44 || align=center|1925–1926 || Naše vlajka || Our Flag || for male chorus and 2 solo sopranos
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| Choral || align=center|JW 5/17 || align=center|1926 || Říkadla [2] || Nursery Rhymes [2] || introduction and 18 songs for chamber choir and chamber ensemble
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| Choral || align=center|JW 3/9 || align=center|1926–1927 || Glagolská mše (Mša glagolskaja) || Glagolitic Mass
Glagolitic Mass
The Glagolitic Mass is a composition for soloists , double chorus, organ and orchestra by Leoš Janáček. The work was completed on 15 October 1926...
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| Choral || align=center|JW 4/45 || align=center|1928 || Sbor při kladení základního kamene Masarykovy university v Brně || Chorus Composed for the Occasion of the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Masaryk University in Brno || for male chorus
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/1 || align=center|1871–1875? || Když mě nechceš, což je víc? || If You Don't Love Me, What Do I Care? || for tenor (or chorus) and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/2 || align=center|1892–1901 || Moravská lidová poesie v písních || Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs || 53 folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/3 || align=center|1897–1898 || Jarní píseň || Spring Song || revised 1905
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/4 || align=center|1898 || Ukvalská lidová poezie v písních || Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs || 13 folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/6 || align=center|1908–1912 || Pět moravských tanců || 5 Moravian Dances || folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/7 || align=center|1908–1912 || Čtyři balady || 4 Ballads || folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/8 || align=center|1908–1912 || Dvě balady || 2 Ballads || folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/9 || align=center|1909 || Šest národních písní, jež zpívala Gabel Eva (26 Balad lidových I.) || 6 Folk Songs (26 Folk Ballads, Part I) || for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/10 || align=center|1911 || Podme, milá, podme! || || folk song arrangement for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/11 || align=center|1916 || Písně detvanské, zbojnické balady (26 Balad lidových III.) || Detva Songs, Robber’s Ballads (26 Folk Ballads, Part III) || 8 folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/13 || align=center|1918 || Slezské písně (ze sbírky Heleny Salichové) || || 10 folk song arrangements for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/14 || align=center|1920 || Ukolébavka || Lullaby || folk song arrangement for voice and piano
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 5/15 || align=center|1923 || Úpravy lidových písní v článku „Starosta Smolík“ || || for voice and unspecified instrument
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 8/23 || align=center|1922 || Moravské lidové písně || Moravian Folk Songs || 15 folk song arrangements for piano and voice ad lib.
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 8/24 || align=center|1911 || Ej, duby, duby || || folk song arrangement for piano and voice ad lib.
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| Vocal || align=center|JW 8/25 || align=center| || Budem tady stat || || folk song arrangement for piano and voice ad lib.
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