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Praising the Country: Janáček’s Sinfonietta

Janáček had been commissioned to write fanfares for the opening of the Sokol Gymnastic Festival and, inspired by a military band he heard, wrote what became the first movement of the Sinfonietta.

Janáček: Sinfonietta, Op. 60

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