Pilky - MVSR1944 | Music

During his lifetime, Leoš Janacek (1854-1928) was long regarded as a "mere" folklorist. He indeed collected folk songs systematically and studied them thoroughly. The folk melodics and words then constituted the basics of his original musical idiom. He composed the orchestral suite "Lachian Dances" between 1889 and 1890 including in its six numbers the style of the dances of his native region. In 1891, Janacek used the "Lachian Dances" for the ballett "Rákos Rakoczy" (Picture of Moravian Slovakia). The final dance "Pilky" (The Saw), which quotes a saw in the principal melody, is one of Janaceks most popluar pieces.