Note for Readers

The main entries for Janaček's works are under the English translations established in Janáček's Works (JAWO), with cross-references from Czech titles. In general these are well known, but readers looking for Osud should look under Fate, and for Mládí under Youth. Definite and indefinite articles are ignored, so The Cunning Little Vixen (1/9) appears under the letter C, The Danube (IV/36) under D and so on. The numbering of works (in parentheses) is according to the classification in JAWO and all Janaček's compositions, grouped in their JAWO categories, are given in the List of Musical Works that follows the Dictionary. Institutions, clubs and societies have been placed under the city where they operated, so the Club of the Friends of Art (Klub přatel uměni) is under ‘Brno: Club of the Friends of Art in Brno’ and the Society for Modern Music (Spolek pro moderni hudbu) is under ‘Prague: Society for Modern Music’. References to the Bibliography are given in italics at the end of each entry using a system similar to that in earlier volumes in this series. Cross-references to other entries are followed by an asterisk. References to ‘Janaček's autobiography’ are to: Adolf Vesely (ed.), Leoš Janáček: Pohled do života i díla [Leoš Janaček: a view of the life and works] (Prague: Fr. Borovy, 1924), which has a text almost entirely written by the composer.

1. X. 1905 (From the street 1 October 1905) [1. X. 1905 (Z ulice dne 1. října 1905)], sometimes known as Janaček's ‘Piano Sonata’ (VIII/19). Composed between 2 October 1905 and the first performance (27 January 1906), the title refers to events in Brno on 1–2 October 1905. The German population of Brno organised a rally (‘Volkstag’) protesting against the establishment of a Czech university, the Czechs retaliated with their own mass meeting and violent clashes ensued. On 2 October 1905 the police and army were ordered to break up the demonstration outside the Beseda House where the Czechs, including Janaček, were holding their protest. When the army went in, František Pavlik* was fatally wounded by a bayonet.