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[1] Little Vitezslava with her mother (August 1916). Photo courtesy of the Bohuslav Martinu Memorial in Policka.
[2] Ten-year-old Vitezslava (November 1925) had already composed several pieces for piano. Photo: Atelier F. Racek, Brno. Photo courtesy of the Bohuslav Martinu Memorial in Policka.
[3] Teenage Vitezslava (c1930). Photo courtesy of Kapralova's estate.
[4] Vitezslava posing in her conductor tuxedo, at the premiere of her piano concerto on June 17, 1935 at the Brno Conservatory. Photo: Atelier Klaska, Brno-Kralovo Pole. Previously published by HMUB (1949).
[5] Vitezslava rehearses her Military Sinfonietta with the Czech Philharmonic in Smetana Hall of the Obecni dum in Prague in November 1937. Previously published by the Union of Czech Composers (1958).
[6] Conducting class of Charles Munch (Vitezslava sits next to Munch - she is the fourth person from the left in the first row). Photograph taken on 13.1.1938. Previously published by the Union of Czech Composers (1958).
[7] Vitezslava among her friends on July 23, 1938. From left to right: Bohuslav Martinu, Vitezslava, Petr Kricka, Jaroslav Kricka. Photo: Oldrich Duchoslav. Courtesy of the Duchoslav Family.
[8] Vitezslava Kapralova (c1937). Photo courtesy of Josef Kapral of Kapralova's estate.

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