Although it might seem that the peers Josef Bohuslav Foerster, born in Prague, and Leoš Janáček, born in Hukvaldy five years later, were friends or artistic partners, this is not the case. Rather, there was mutual respect between the composers. Like Janáček, Foerster came from a family of schoolteachers. Half a year older than Gustav Mahler and a whole generation older than Josef Suk and Vítězslav Novák, Foerster's music had one characteristic quality: strange inconspicuousness and modesty. Foerster never aspired to coin his own distinctly personal musical language. He formed a strong friendship and deep understanding with Mahler. They first met in Hamburg.

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