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Vitezslava Kapralova Papers

Coding: A - manuscripts and printed scores B - librettos C - programs and posters D - textbooks and music theory books E -musical instruments F - photographs, pictures G - writings (correspondence and other written documents) H - collection of books I - reviews and press coverage K - photo negatives L - reproductions and copies M - recordings P - pocket scores T - 3D objects (sculptures, busts, trophies, etc.).
The Kapralova collection comprises of items donated to the museum by Kapralova's mother Viktorie (1957, 1959), Kapralova's husband Jiri Mucha (1988), Kapralova's friends Ota Vach and Hanus Weigl (early 1990s), Kapralova's friend Libuse Houzvickova-Kucerova, and Eva Maternova. It contains the following materials: A29.716-A29.758 [music: autographs, manuscripts, published scores], C33, C1561 [concert programs]; F156, F158, F1199, F1745, F1812-1822 [photographs]; G148 [school notebooks]; G149 [correspondence of Bohuslav Martinu to Vitezslava Kapralova]; G150 [list of works]; G151 [selected correspondence from 1933-1940]; G152 [excerpts from correspondence to Vaclav Kapral]; G153 [school leaving certificates, school reports, personal certificates]; G154a-d [the 1937 diary, Kapralova's poems]; G214 [letter to Emil Axman]; G530-531 [Hanus Weigl's collection]; G7378-G7379, G7409-G7414 [Jiri Mucha's collection]; G7415-G7423 [Ota Vach's collection]; G8122-G8123 [diaries from 1939 and 1940].
Bohuslav Martinu's works in Kapralova's possession: String Quartet No. 5 [A29.759], piano sketch of Julietta [A29.760], Ricercari [A29.761], Field Mass (baritone solo).

    Autographs, sketches, printed scores
    [Compositions are listed in alphabetical order by Czech titles]

  • Burleska / Burlesque, Op.3/2 [A29.743]
  • Concertino pro housle, klarinet a orchestr / Concertino for violin, clarinet and orchestra, Op. 21. [A29.717]
  • Deux ritournelles pour violoncelle et piano, Op. 25 [A29.745, A49.079]
  • Drobne klavirni skladby / Small Pieces for Piano, also as: Two Bouquets of Flowers [A29.734]
  • Dubnova preludia / April Preludes, Op. 13
  • Dva tance pro klavir / Two Dances for piano, Op. 23 [A29.741]. Only a sketch of the first dance.
  • Dva zenske sbory / Two Women Choruses (Vezdicka, Potpolis) [A29.730]
  • (Dve) pisne [A29.756]
  • Dve pisne na slova R. Bojka / Two Songs, Op. 4 [A41.512]
  • Elegie / Elegy [A29.744]
  • Groteskni passacaglia / Grotesque Passacaglia [A29.738]
  • Hymna dobrovolnych sester Cs. Cerveneho krize / Hymn of Volunteer Nurses of the Czechoslovak Red Cross [A29.755]
  • Ilena, Op. 15. Balada pro sola, orchestr, sbor a recitatora / Ballad for soli, chorus, orchestra, and a narrator. Piano reduction [A29.723a], sketch and score [A29.723 b-c].
  • Jablko s klina / An Apple from the Lap, Op. 10 [A29.747]
  • Jiskry z popela / Sparks from Ashes, Op. 5 [A29.748, A40.596]
  • Karlu Capkovi / To Karel Capek, melodrama [A29.757]
  • Kdoz jste bozi bojovnici. A fragment. [A29.726]
  • Klavirni koncert / Piano Concerto in D-Minor, Op. 7 [A29.716a (autograph score); A29.716b (performance score + copyist copies of movements II and III); A29.716c (autograph sketch); A29.716d (1) and (2) (instrumental parts - (1) strings, (2) woodwinds, brass, percussion); A40.598 (piano part)]
  • Klavirni skica / Piano Sketch [A44.411, A31.687]
  • Klavirni sonata / Piano sonata "Appassionata", Op. 6 [A29.736]
  • K novemu roku / New Year's Carol (Vteriny / Seconds) [A29.752]
  • Koleda / Carol (1937) [A29.753]
  • Koleda milostna / Love Carol (Vteriny / Seconds) [A29.752]
  • Leden / January [A29.727]
  • Legenda pro housle a klavir / Legend, Op. 3/1 [A29.742]
  • Leta mlci, leta jdou (Vteriny / Seconds) [A29.752]
  • Maticce / To Mother [A29.729]
  • Muj mily clovece (Vteriny / Seconds) [A29.752]
  • Navzdy / For Ever, Op. 12 [A29.724; A40.597]
  • Nedopsane skladby, nacrty a torsa / Fragments [A29.758]. Sketches for: Sbohem a satecek, Plana ruze, Pochod, Ilena, Reed Trio, String Quartet - 2. movement.
  • Novorocni / New Year's Carol (Vteriny / Seconds) [A29.752, A55.013]
  • Ostinato Fox [A29.735, A39.868]
  • Partita, Op. 20 [A29.718]
  • Pet klavirnich skladeb / Five Compositions for Piano, Op. 1 [A29.733]
  • Pisen jednoho vecera / Song of One Evening (identical with: Ruce / Hands, from the song cycle "For Ever") [A55.014]
  • Pisne / Songs (Dve pisne: Potkali se vcera, Az jednoho dne) [A29.756]
  • Pisnicka / Little Song [A32.046].
  • Posmrtna variace / Post-mortem Variation (Vteriny / Seconds) [A29.752]
  • Povidky male fletny / Short Stories of a Small Flute, sketch [A29.746]
  • Prvni prace ze skoly / First School Years Compositions [A29.732]
  • Rodny kraj / Homeland (Vteriny / Seconds) [A29.752]
  • Sbohem a satecek / Waving Farewell, Op. 14 [A29.749]
  • Smutecni pochod / Funeral March, Op. 2 [A29.733, A29.719]
  • Smutny vecer / Sad Evening (song) [A29.725]
  • Smyccovy kvartet / String Quartet, Op. 8 [A29.728]
  • Suita rustica, Op. 19, piano reduction [A29.721]
  • Suite en miniature [A29.720]
  • Symfonieta. Also: Vojenska symfonieta / Military Sinfonietta, Op. 11 [A29.722]
  • Sest malych variaci na zvony kostela St. Etienne du Mont / Variations sur le Carillon de l'Eglise St. Etienne du Mont pour piano, Op. 16 [A29.739, A40.594]
  • Tri klavirni kusy / Three Pieces for piano, Op. 9 [A29.737]
  • Ukolebavka / Lullaby (Jablko s klina / Apple from the Lap) [A29.747]
  • Vanocni koleda / Christmas Carol (1939)[A29.751]
  • Velikonoce / Easter (Vteriny / Seconds) [A29.752]
  • Vteriny / Seconds, Op. 18 [A29.752]
  • Z mojich nejranejsich skladeb / Some of My Very First Compositions [A29.731]
  • Zpivano do dalky / Sung into the Distance, Op. 22 [A29.754, 57.348, A40.595]

    Correspondence

  • Correspondence from 1933-1940 (G151): 17 letters, 14 postcards, 1 card, 1 receipt. This collection includes correspondence with Vitezslav Novak, Stanislav Novak, Theodor Schaefer, Otakar Sourek, Oldrich Pazdirek, Masa Fleischerova, Otakar Nebuska, Blazena Helfertova, Ilona Stepankova, Vladimir Stastny, Zora Strelcova, L.S. Koneczny, Lola Tanglova, and Pavel Wantuch.
  • G214 - Letter from Vitezslava Kapralova to Emil Axman (copy)
  • G530-G531 - Two letters from Vitezslava Kapralova to Hanus Weigl
  • G7378 [101.631-101.665, 101.670] - Letters from Vitezslava Kapralova to Jiri Mucha
  • G7379 [101.666-102.669, 101.671-101.691] - Letters from Jiri Mucha to Vitezslava Kapralova
  • G7409 [101.967-102.008] - Letters from Vitezslava Kapralova to parents (42 letters from 1936-40, mostly typewritten copies and a fragment of the collection proper)
  • G7410 [102.009-102.025] - Letters from Vitezslava Kapralova to Rudolf Kopec (copies of 17 letters)
  • G7411 [102.026] - Letter from Vitezslava Kapralova to senator Plaminkova (copy)
  • G7412 [102.027-102.030] - Letters from Vitezslava Kapralova to Bohumil Kapral (4 typewritten copies)
  • G7413 [102.031] - Letter from Mrs. Krausova to Vitezslava Kapralova and Jiri Mucha
  • G7414 [102.032] - Letter from Ivo Tonder to Jiri Mucha
  • G7415 [102.081-102.121] - Letters from Vitezslava Kapralova to Oto Vach (a selection of 41 letters from 1931-1938)
  • G7416 [102.122-102.126] - Correspondence of Jiri Mucha and Ota Vach
  • G7417 [102.127-102.129] - Letters from Ludvik Kundera to Ota Vach
  • G7418 [102.130-102.131] - Letters from Vaclav Kapral to Ota Vach
  • G7419 [102.132-102.133] - Correspondence of Jan Müller and Ota Vach
  • G7420 [102.134] - Letter from Dr. Klnava to Ota Vach
  • G7421 [102.135] - Letter from Zenska utulna to Ota Vach
  • G7423 [102.137-102.147] - 11 Letters from Vitezslava Kapralova to Vladimir Materna
  • G149 - Letters from Bohuslav Martinu to Vitezslava Kapralova, 1938-9: ms, 33 letters, total of 35 leaves
  • G152 - Correspondence of Vaclav Kapral: this collection contains correspondence from his wife Viktorie from 1915-18 with paragraphs about small Vitezslava

    Personal documents and other research material

  • Photographs: F156 [this collection of photograps and negatives includes Kapralova's photo on her student card of Universite de Paris, Faculte Des Lettres (Paris 13.2.1939) and her photographs with Ota Vach, Jirinka Cernusakova, Bohuslav Martinu, Vaclav Kapral, Vera Uhlirova, Liba Houzvickova, Rudolf Kundera, Jiri Mucha, Jaroslav Kricka, Theodor Schaefer, Vitezslav Novak, as well as photographs from the Monaco trip], F158 [Drawing of Vitezslava by Rudolf Kundera (Paris 1939, pencil) and a photograph of Vitezslava Kapralova conducting Czech Philharmonic (Prague, rehearsal on 26.11.1937)], F1199, F1745, F1820 [Kapralova's photographs in a tuxedo, incl. negatives] F1811-F1812 [Collection of Libuse Houzvickova-Kucerova, Paris and Tri Studne 1937-38], F1813-1815, F1816 [with Th. Schaefer, Vl. Materna], F1817-F1821 [Kapralova photographs from various periods], F1822 [photos of Kapralova's grave in Montpellier and burial in Brno];
  • School notebooks: G148 [Harmonie and kontrapunkt 1931-33, Instrumentace, Nauka o nastrojich. Prirodopisny sesit].
  • Personal certificates, school certificates and diplomas: G153 [Birth Certificate; Elementary School Certificates (4), High School Certificates (5), Brno Conservatory Certificates (8 plus a school leaving certificate); Piano Teacher Diploma [28.5.1936]; Student Card of the Prague Conservatory (Academy of Music); Application to the Ministry of Education for a Stipend to Study in France [8.6.1937]; Diploma of Master Classes of the Prague Conservatory (Academy of Music); Matriculation Certificate of L'Ecole Normale]
  • Student ID card (L'Ecole normale) from 1939: G8119
  • Student ID card (Alliance francaise) from 1939-40: G8120
  • Wedding invitation: G8121
  • Address book: G8124
  • ID card: G8125-6
  • Passport: G8127
  • Temporary travel and travel related documents from April and May 1940: G8128
  • The 1937 Diary: G154a
  • The 1939 Diary: G8123
  • The 1940 Diary: G8122
  • Typewritten copies of Vitezslava's poems: G154
  • A List of Works: G150
  • Concert Programs: C33; C1561 [Concert of the National Women's Council on November 26, 1937]
  • Newspaper article by Ota Vach: G7422 [102.136]
  • Newspaper reviews and a Kapralova interview (fragment): G7424
  • Vitezslava Kapralova's hair: G7425
  • Kapralova obituary by Milos Safranek: G7426
  • Correspondence of Vera Bednarova and Jiri Mucha: 89.580/G3877a-c

Bohuslav Martinu Papers

  • Letters from Bohuslav Martinu to Vitezslava Kapralova, 1938-9 (G149): originally 33 letters, total of 35 leaves
  • String Quartet No.5 [A29.759]. The original autograph sketch shows an inscription to Vitezslava Kapralova. The 12 pp manuscript contains a number of whimsical cartoons in the composer's hand expressing his thoughts about Kapralova.
  • Julietta [A29.760]. The autograph piano reduction shows an inscription to Vitezslava Kapralova. The manuscript contains notes in the composer's handwriting expressing his thoughts about Kapralova.
  • Ricercari [A29.761]

Vaclav Kapral Papers
Vaclav Kapral Papers were donated to the museum in 1959 by Kapral's wife Viktorie.

  • Score autographs and transcripts [A30.221-262]
  • Correspondence [G152 (with Otakar Sourek), G349, G351 (with Hugo Mrazek), G350 (with Ludvik Kundera) G1823-1830 (Harasta, Chlubna, Kunc, Kvapil, Neumann, Novak, Sachs, Sourek), G7418 (Ota Vach)
  • Photographs [F157]
  • School notebooks [G161]
  • Documents [G5009]

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