Leoš Janácek & Asteroid No. 2073 Janacek - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

Jiráskovo Square (formerly Kurí rynek) is located close to the central Masaryk Square. At the end of 2017, the statue of Leoš Janácek was placed here, as a commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the composer’ s death. The life-size bronze sculpture was created by sculptor David Moješcík. Leoš Janácek is sitting on a bench and in his lap he has his most famous figure - Fox of the Vixen (Liška Bystrouška).

Biography
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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