Prague: Nakladatelstvi Klic, 2026. 200 pp / str., 16 photographs / fotografii. In English and Czech. Print run: 200 copies / vytisku. Limited Edition / Bibliofilni vydani. ISBN 978-80-907421-7-8. Available from the publisher. Sample the book on the publisher's website.

A Little Book about Vitezslava Kapralova is a concise, bilingual biography of one of the most remarkable Czech composers of the twentieth century. Based on the author’s original radio script, the book offers a uniquely authentic portrayal of the composer, whose extensive corres-pondence is generously quoted through-out.

V Male knize o velke skladatelce se ctenari dostava do rukou dvojjazycna biografie jedne z nepozoruhodnejsich osobnosti ceske klasicke hudby dvacateho stoleti – Vitezslavy Kapralove. Kniha vychazi z autorcina puvodniho rozhlasoveho scenare a v jeho rozsirene verzi predstavuje autenticky portret skladatelky, v nemz je dan prostor predevsim samotne Kapralove v cetnych citacich z jeji korespondence. Vice o knize na webovych strankach nakladatelstvi.

What the readers have said about the book:

Biografie ceske skladatelky a dirigentky prinasi uceleny a prehledny obraz jejiho osobniho i profesniho zivota. / The biography of the Czech composer and conductor provides a comprehensive and clear picture of her personal and professional life. / Mestska knihovna v Praze / Municipal Library in Prague

People used to know about her, if at all, only in passing, or as a footnote in a book, but now her music is shining again, and with this book we know her as a person. / Timothy Cheek