Janacek and Dohnanyi

Many composers we have looked at previously have been influenced by folk music. This is also the case for composers Janacek and Dohnanyi. Their folk influence can be heard in both "From and Overgrown Path" and "Ruralia Hungarica." Both are a collection of short movements, maybe similar to a collection of folk songs. Both use dotted rhythms, taken from folk influences. Janacek, specifically, was influenced by speech. He studied the Czeck speech to develop "speech tunes." Janacek is also regarded as a nationalistic composer. Dohnanyi was not, although he did work closely with Bartok who was a nationalistic composer. He wrote his music based off of Hungarian folk music, his music is strongly tied to traditional western art music.