Leoš Janácek & Asteroid No. 2073 Janacek - Luhacovice, Czech Republic
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N 49° 06.323 E 017° 45.656
33U E 701504 N 5442842
Bronze bust of of great Czech composer Leoš Janácek in spa park in Luhacovice and asteroid No. 2073 named after him by its discoverer, Czech astronomer Lubos Kohoutek.
Waymark Code: WMTKXB
Location: Zlínský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/06/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Luhacovice is closely related to the world-known music composer Leoš Janácek as he repeatedly visited the local spa that also represented one of the sources of inspiration for his works. In 1954 a bronzebust of the great composer installed on high marble pedestal was dedicated in spa park. The bust was made by Karel Pokorný.

Leoš Janácek (baptised as Leo Eugen Janácek) (July 3, 1854 – August 12, 1928), 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 contemporaries such as Antonín Dvorák.His later, mature works incorporate his earlier studies of national folk music in a modern, highly original synthesis, first evident in the opera Jenufa, which was premiered in 1904 in Brno. The success of Jenufa (often called the "Moravian national opera") at Prague in 1916 gave Janácek access to the world's great opera stages. Janácek's later works are his most celebrated. They include the symphonic poem Sinfonietta, the oratorial Glagolitic Mass, the rhapsody Taras Bulba, string quartets, other chamber works and operas. He is considered to rank with Antonín Dvorák and Bedrich Smetana, as one of the most important Czech composers.

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Asteroid No. 2073 Janacek (1974 DK)

The main-belt asteroid was discovered on 1974-Feb-19 by Kohoutek, L. at observatory in Bergedorf. It has an orbit characterized by a half-major axis of 2.72 AU, an eccentricity of 0.11 and an inclination of 3.0 ° with respect to the ecliptic.
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