2073 Janacek & Leoš Janácek - Janáckovy sady (Nový Jicín, North Moravia)
N 49° 35.467 E 018° 00.724
34U E 284068 N 5497460
Main-belt asteroid 2073 Janacek (1974 DK) bears name of one of the most influential Czech composers, Leoš Janácek. The given coordinates mark his bust located in the public park bearing his name (Janáckovy sady / Janácek orchards) in town Nový Jicín.
Waymark Code: WMVDCR
Location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/04/2017
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Main-belt asteroid 2073 Janacek (1974 DK) bears name of one of the most influential Czech composers, Leoš Janácek. The given coordinates mark his bust located in the public park bearing his name (Janáckovy sady / Janácek orchards) in town Nový Jicín.
Asteroid asteroid 2073 Janacek (1974 DK) was discovered by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at Hamburg Observatory on February 19, 1974.
The Janacek's bust, work of sculptor Karel Vašut from Frenštát pod Radhoštem, was unveiled here in April 19, 1963.
Leoš Janácek (*3 July 1854 – †12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other 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 operas such as Káta Kabanová and The Cunning Little Vixen, the Sinfonietta, the Glagolitic Mass, the rhapsody Taras Bulba, two string quartets, and other chamber works. Along with Antonín Dvorák and Bedrich Smetana, he is considered one of the most important Czech composers. [wiki]