Editing Leoš Janáček (section)

=== Folklore ===
Janáček was deeply influenced by folklore and Eastern European folk music, and by [[Moravian folk music]] in particular, but not by the pervasive, idealized 19th century romantic folklore variant. He took a realistic, descriptive and analytic approach to the material.<ref name=autogenerated9>{{cite AV media notes|title=Janáček: Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs (Martina Pecková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek)|year=1994|first=Miloš|last=Štědroň|translator-first=Ivan|translator-last=Vomáčka|page=8|type=CD |publisher=[[Supraphon]]|id=SU 4183-2|location=Prague|language=cs,en|url=https://www.supraphon.com/album/108572-janacek-moravian-folk-songs}}</ref>{{sfn|Sehnal|Vysloužil|2001|p=175}} Moravian folk songs, compared with their Bohemian counterparts, are much freer and more irregular in their metrical and rhythmic structure, and more varied in their melodic intervals.{{sfn|Zemanová|2002|p=61}} In his study of Moravian modes, Janáček found that the peasant musicians did not know the names of the modes and had their own ways of referring to them. He used the term "Moravian modulation" to describe the harmonic progression I–{{flat}}VII,{{sfn|Steinmetz|2021|page=42}} which he considered a general characteristic of this region's folk music.{{sfn|Zemanová|2002|p=61}}

Janáček partly composed the original piano accompaniments to more than 150 folk songs, respectful of their original function and context,<ref>{{cite book|title=Moravská lidová poezie v písních|trans-title=Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs|last=Janáček|first=Leoš|chapter=Foreword|year=1994|publisher=[[Bärenreiter]]|location=Prague|language=cs,de|id=H 4570}}</ref> and partly used folk inspiration in his own works, especially in his mature compositions.<ref name="autogenerated9"/> His work in this area was not stylistically imitative; instead, he developed a new and original musical aesthetic based on a deep study of the fundamentals of folk music.<ref name="autogenerated9"/>