| 1854 |
3rd July: Born
in Hukvaldy, Moravia |
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| 1869 |
Finishes school and begins
to attend the Brno Teacher Training Institute |
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| 1872 |
Begins teaching, and becomes
the choirmaster at the monastery where he was a chorister |
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| 1874 |
Becomes a fully qualified
teacher and attends the Prague Organ School |
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| 1877 |
First piece, Exaudi,
choral piece for mixed voices published |
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| 1881 |
Marries Zdenka Schulzov�
and is appointed the founding director of the Brno Organ School |
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| 1882 |
Daughter, Olga, born but
soon afterwards separates from his wife. Begins teaching at Brno Beseda,
and at the Organ School |
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| 1884 |
Jan�ček returns to his wife.
Hudebn� listy is founded, in which, many of Jan�ček�s writings
and reviews are published. Czech theatre opens in Brno |
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| 1886 |
Begins teaching at Old Gymnasium
in Brno where Franti�ek Barto� (the philologist who later constructed
the collections of folk songs with Jan�ček) |
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| 1887 |
Composes his first opera
��rka and sends the manuscript to Dvoř�k for his comments, but
the rights for the libretto are refused by its author, Julius Zeyer |
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| 1888 |
Second version of ��rka
written after Dvoř�k�s recommendations. Last volume of journal
Hudebn� listy published. Begins collecting folk songs with Barto�.
Son, Vladim�r is born |
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| 1890 |
Jan�ček�s son dies. Premiere
of Gabriela Preissov�s play Her Stepdaughter |
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| 1891 |
Počatek rom�nu composed, including adaptation into a suite
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| 1894 |
Premiere of Počatek rom�nu
in Brno, begins to plan Jenůfa, and writes the original �Jealousy�
prelude |
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| 1895 |
Begins composing Jenůfa |
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| 1902 |
Jan�ček�s daughter, Olga,
is mortally ill, completes Act Two of Jenůfa in the summer |
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1903
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Olga dies in February. Jenůfa is completed
and dedicated to her memory. Sees Charpentier�s Louise, which
remains a lasting inspiration to his later works. Jenůfa is submitted
to the Brno theatre, where it is accepted for performance. Starts plans
for Osud
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| 1904 |
First performances of
Jenůfa in Brno. Has plans to write another Preissov� opera (based
on The Farm Mistress) but instead continues with work on Osud |
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| 1905 |
Osud first version completed
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| 1906 |
Revises the opera and submits
it for consideration at the Brno theatre |
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| 1907 |
Sketches are made for a new
opera on the subject of Anna Karenina. Submits Osud for
performance at the new Czech theatre in Prague, and makes further revisions.
Jenůfa also undergoes revisions |
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| 1908 |
Jenůfa published in vocal score. The Excursions of Mr Brouček
to the Moon begun
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| 1910-11 |
Further work on the Brouček
opera, which he completes in two act for in 1913 |
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| 1915-1916 |
Kovařovic accepts Jenůfa
for performance in Prague (performed in 1916 in Kovařovic�s version
of the score to great success). Completes the final version of Brouček
and begins the Epilogue |
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| 1917 |
Has affair with Gabriela
Horv�tov�, the Kostelnička in the Prague Jenůfa. Has out-of-court
divorce from his wife. Epilogue of Brouček opera is completed.
Jenůfa published. Meets Kamila St�sslov� in Luhačovice and begins
The Diary of One who Disappeared |
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1918
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Jenůfa premiered in Vienna.
Abandons epilogue to Brouček, which is then accepted for Prague,
later published. Czechoslovakia becomes independent
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| 1919 |
Revises ��rka (which
he finds again in a trunk) and completes The Diary. Sees a performance
of Puccini�s Butterfly that is the impetus for composing an opera
of Ostrovsky�s The Storm, which becomes K�t�a Kabanov� |
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| 1920 |
Brouček performed in Prague. K�t�a begun
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| 1921 |
Completes K�t�a, which
is premiered in Brno. Buys holiday cottage in Hukvaldy, the village
in which he was born |
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| 1922 |
Begins The Cunning Little
Vixen, and K�t�a is published |
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| 1923 |
Completes The Cunning
Little Vixen and begins his next opera The Makropoulos Case |
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| 1924 |
World premiere of Vixen
in Brno, and Berlin premiere of Jenůfa |
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| 1925 |
Vixen given in Prague. ��rka given for the first time
in Brno. The Makropoulos Case is completed
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| 1926 |
Brno premiere of Brouček,
followed by the publication and premiere of Makropoulos in Brno.
K�t�a premiered in Berlin |
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| 1927 |
Begins his final opera
From the House of the Dead. From his visit to P�sek in April Jan�ček
writes to Kamila St�sslov� more or less every day until his death. Interludes
to K�t�a are extended to suit staging requirements |
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| 1928 |
The Makropoulos Case premiered in Prague. From the House
of the Dead is completed. Jan�ček catches a chill during St�sslov�s
trip to Hukvaldy and dies from pneumonia in Ostrava on the 12th
August
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| 1930 |
From the House of the Dead premiered (in a revision by Jan�ček�s
pupils)
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| 1958 |
Fate first premiered
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