Personality thumb|Janáček with his wife Zdenka, in 1881 thumb|Olga Janáčková Janáček worked tirelessly throughout his life. He led the organ school, was a professor at the teachers institute and grammar school in Brno, and collected transcriptions of folk songs, conversations and animal vocalisations, all while composing. From an early age, he presented himself as an individualist and his firmly formulated opinions often led to conflict. He unhesitatingly criticized his teachers, who considered him a defiant and anti-authoritarian student, yet his own students found him to be strict and uncompromising. Vilém Tauský, one of his pupils, described his encounters with Janáček as somewhat distressing for someone unused to his personality and noted that Janáček's characteristically staccato speech rhythms were reproduced in some of his operatic characters. In 1881, Janáček gave up his leading role with the Beseda brněnská, as a response to criticism, but a rapid decline in Beseda's performance quality led to his recall in 1882.
Personality thumb|Janáček with his wife Zdenka in 1881 thumb|Olga Janáčková Janáček worked tirelessly throughout his life He led the organ school was a professor at the teachers institute and grammar school in Brno and collected transcriptions of folk songs conversations and animal vocalisations all while composing From an early age he presented himself as an individualist and his firmly formulated opinions often led to conflict He unhesitatingly criticized his teachers who considered him a defiant and anti-authoritarian student yet his own students found him to be strict and uncompromising Vilém Tauský one of his pupils described his encounters with Janáček as somewhat distressing for someone unused to his personality and noted that Janáček's characteristically staccato speech rhythms were reproduced in some of his operatic characters In 1881 Janáček gave up his leading role with the Beseda brněnská as a response to criticism but a rapid decline in Beseda's performance quality led to his recall in 1882