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Texts by Vitezslava Kapralova
"B. Martinu v Parizi." Ceskoslovensky boj, 13 (1940): 8.
"Ceska hudba v Americe." Ceskoslovensky boj, 19 (1940): 8-9.
"Husitsky choral." Ceskoslovensky boj, 5 (1940): 8.
"Koncert Rudolfa Firkusneho v Parizi." Ceskoslovensky boj, 15 (1940): 8.
"Mezispojenecka oslava v Lyceu Camille See v Parizi." Ceskoslovensky boj, 18 (1940): 9.
"Pamatce Karla Buriana." Ceskoslovensky boj, 6 (1940): 8.
"Propaganda hudbou." Ceskoslovensky boj, 2 (1940): 8.
Monographs and biographies
Macek, Jiri. Vitezslava Kapralova. [Kniznice Hudebnich rozhledu casopisu Svazu cs. skladatelu, roc. IV, svazek 10-11]. Praha: Svaz cs. skladatelu, 1958.
Mucha, Jiri. Podivne lasky. Praha: Mlada fronta, 1988. Reprinted by Eminent, 2004. Translated into French by Françoise and Karel Tabery as Au seuil de la nuit. Editions de L'Aube, 1991.
Prazak, Premysl, ed. Vitezslava Kapralova: Studie a vzpominky. Praha: HMUB, 1949.
Uher, Jindrich. Ona a Martinu. Praha: Cs. Spisovatel, 1995. 2nd edition - Tisnov: Sursum, 2002.
Vojtiskova, Lenka. Posledni dny Vitezky Kapralove. Unpublished short story. Fond Lenky Vojtiskove, National Museum (Czech Museum of Music) in Prague.
Theses
Blalock, Marta. "Analysis and Performance Problems of Vitezslava Kapralova's String Quartet, op. 8 (1935-1936)." D.M.A. diss.. The University of Georgia, 2008.
Chmelova, Vera. "Ceske hudebni skladatelky." Thesis, Teplice Conservatory, 2000.
Entwistle, Erik. "Martinu in Paris: A Synthesis of Musical Styles and Symbols." Ph.D. diss., University of California, 2002 (137, 149-169). Available online (as at February 5, 2006) at http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2006/Feb06/Martinu_contents.htm
Horackova, Michaela. "Sonaty a skladby mensich forem ceskych autoru 20. stoleti." Master Degree thesis, Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 2008.
Hotarkova, Ivana. "Dubnova preludia v kontextu klavirniho dila Vitezslavy Kapralove." Thesis, Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 1993.
Hradecka, Anna Marie. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Dubnova preludia, op. 13." Thesis, Jan Deyl Conservatory, Prague, 2010.
Jandura, Tereza. "Her Own Voice: The Art Songs of Vitezslava Kapralova." D.M.A. diss., University of Arizona, 2009.
Janeckova, Dagmar. "Rana tvorba Vitezslavy Kapralove: Skladby z detstvi." Thesis, Department of Music Education, Faculty of Pedagogy, Masaryk University, 2007.
Jelinkova, Anna. "Vokalni tvorba Vitezslavy Kapralove se zamerenim na cyklus Jablko s klina. Bachelor Degree thesis, Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 2007.
Konecna, Ivona. "Vokalni tvorba Vitezslavy Kapralove." Thesis, Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 2001.
Kostas, Martin. "Instrumentacni promeny Vitezslavy Kapralove." Master Degree Thesis. Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 2007.
Kostas, Martin. "Kompozicni postupy Vitezslavy Kapralove v kantate Ilena." Bachelor Degree Thesis. Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 2005.
Kostelecka, Katerina. "Vitezslava Kapralova: zivot a dilo." Thesis, Brno Conservatory, 2005.
Kovarikova-Provaznikova, Jitka. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Sbohem a satecek. Rozbor dila." Thesis, Prague Academy of Music, 1996.
Lapkova, Marie. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Dubnova preludia (analyza dila)." Thesis, University Hradec Kralove, 2007.
Lytle, Rebecca. "An Analysis of Selected Works of Vitezslava Kapralova." M.M. Thesis, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2008.
Mairichova, Lucie. "Vitezslava Kapralova - zivot a dilo." Thesis, Prague Academy of Music, 2004.
Marcova, Zuzana. "Portret Vitezslavy Kapralove: skladatelky a dirigentky." Thesis, University of Jan Evangelista Purkyne, Faculty of Pedagogy, Department of Music Education, 2006.
Piskovska, Ludmila. "Vitezslava Kapralova - Sbohem a satecek." Thesis, Brno Conservatory, 1968.
Sandor, Lubos. "Vitezslava Kapralova a moravsti skladatele." Thesis, Brno Conservatory, 1976.
Splouchalova, Monika. "Interpretace pisnoveho cyklu Navzdy op. 12 a pisne Sbohem a satecek op. 14 Vitezslavy Kapralove." Thesis, Prague Academy of Music, 2001.
Tuckova, Eva. "Vitezslava Kapralova a jeji zhudebneni poezie Vitezslava Nezvala." Bachelor Degree thesis, Masaryk University, 2010.
Vargova, Miroslava. "Realizacia svetovej premiery nedokonceného diela Ilena Vitezslavy Kapralovej." Thesis, Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 2007.
Papers (both published and unpublished) presented at symposia, colloquia, conferences and recitals
Bartova, Jindra. "Tvurci vysledky Bohuslava Martinu v roce 1938 ve svetle jeho korespondence s Vitezslavou Kapralovou." Coloquium Bohuslav Martinu, His Pupils, Friends and Contemporaries, Brno 1990. Edited by Petr Macek. Brno: Ustav hudebni vedy FF MU, 1993.
Cheek, Timothy. "Navzdy Kapralova: Reevaluating Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova through her thirty songs." Paper presented at the conference of the British Association of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, UK, April 7, 2002; and at the conference of the College Music Society, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, September 27, 2002.
Fischmann, Zdenka. "Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940), Martinu's Pupil and Friend." Paper presented at the 15th World Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, Toronto, 1990. The paper's abstract was published in: Marsik, Stanley, ed. Abstracts of Papers. Flushing, N.Y: SVU Press, 1990.
Houtchens, Alan. "Martinu, Kapralova and Hitler." Paper presented at the Maynooth International Musicological Conference, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare (Ireland), September 21-24, 1995. Published as "Love's Labour's Lost: Martinu, Kapralova and Hitler" in Patrick F. Devine & Harry White, eds. Irish Music Studies 4, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1996, 127-132.
Settari, Olga. "Vitezslava Kapralova's Piano Compositions". In: Colloquium Bohuslav Martinu, His Pupils, Friends and Contemporaries, Brno 1990. Edited by Petr Macek. Brno: Ustav hudebni vedy FF MU, l993, 43-47.
"Vitezslava Kapralova, 1915-1940." In: Cesti hudebni klasikove na prahu 21. stoleti. Companion to the 25th edition of the musicological conference Janackiana, June 6-7, 2001, Ostrava. Ostrava: Faculty of Pedagogy University of Ostrava,2002.
Vrkocova, Ludmila. "Nasi v zahranici." Paper presented at the Forfest Festival Colloquium in Kromeriz, Czech Republic, June 20-23, 2005.
Wurz, Matthias. "Georg Tintner and Vitezslava Kapralova, Composers in Exile: Two Case Studies." Paper presented at the Second Biennial International Conference on Twentieth-Century Music, Goldsmiths College, University of London, June 28, 2001.
Syllabi
Curtis, Liane. Music 150a - Women and Music, Past and Present: Style, Identity, Culture. Spring 2007. Brandeis University.
Havelkova, Tereza. Topics in 20th Century Music. Spring 2006. New York University (Prague).
Krupkova, Lenka. Feminismus v hudbe. Summer 2008, 2009. Palacky University Faculty of Music.
Melville-Mason, Graham. Martinu and His Pupils. September 4-6, 2009. Burton Manor Courses, United Kingdom.
Slavicky, Milan. Topics in 20th Century Music. Spring 2002, 2008. New York University (Prague).
Ulrychova, Marta. Antropologicke aspekty hudby. Winter 2003. West Bohemian University .
Vaneckova, Michaela. Dejiny klasicke hudby - Zeny v hudbe. Spring 2009. Palacky University Department of Sociology.
Inventories of correspondence
"Bohuslav Martinu." In Karel Capek. Prijata korespondence. Edited by Milada Chlibcova and Marta Dandova. Praha: Nakladatelstvi Lidove noviny, 2000.
Hartl, Karla. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Inventar fondu korespondence z verejne dostupnych archivu i privatnich zdroju." Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2006.
Mayrova, Katerina. "Bohuslav Martinu: Inventar fondu korespondence z prazskych i mimoprazskych instituci a privatnich zdroju." Praha: National Museum (Czech Museum of Music), 2003.
Articles in music journals and periodicals
Bartova, Jindra. "Ach ty moje sladka, poslusna zacko..." Opus Musicum 10 (1990): 310-314.
Bartova, Jindra. "Chvala knihoven, katalogizacnich listku a prekvapeni, jez skryvaji." Opus Musicum 3 (2000): 50-52.
Barvik, Miroslav. "Nad pozustalosti Vitezslavy Kapralove." Rytmus 2 (1945-6): 5-7.
Barvik, Miroslav. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Tempo, Vol. 28 (1946): 43-44.
Bek, Josef. "Mezinarodni styky ceske hudby 1933-1938." Hudebni veda 1 (1968): 21-24, 35.
Brezina, Ales. "Eine 'phantastische Schule' des Komponierens fur Streichorchester. Martinus Eingriffe in the Partita (1938) von Vitezslava Kapralova." Neue Folge 17 (1997): 95-113. Reprinted in English as "A 'Fantastic Learning Experience' in Composing for String Orchestra: Martinu's Interventions in Vitezslava Kapralova's Partita (1938)." Czech Music: The Journal of the Dvorak Society for Czech and Slovak Music 21 (1999/2000): 155-174.
Brian, Havergal. "The nature of modern music." Musical Opinion (July 1938): 858.
Cheek, Timothy. "Navzdy (Forever) Kapralova: Reevaluating Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova through her thirty songs." The Kapralova Society Journal 2 (Fall 2005): 1-6.
Cheek, Timothy. "Inflection and Word Setting in Czech Vocal Music." Journal of Singing, 3, (2006): 299-313.
Cerny, Jaromir. "Vitezslav Novak." Czech Music Quarterly 4 (2004): 2.
Chevy, Patrice. "Charlotte Martinu (1894-1978): A Faithful Heart." Czech Music: The Journal of the Dvorak Society for Czech and Slovak Music 22 (2001-2002): 116-124.
Entwistle, Erik. "To je Julietta. Martinu, Kapralova and Musical Symbolism." The Kapralova Society Newsletter 2 (Fall 2004): 1-15.
Fronkova, Erika. "Vitezslava Kapralova's Last Concertino." Czech Music 4 (2001): 6-7. Reprinted under the title "Last Concertino" in The Kapralova Society Newsletter 1 (Spring 2004): 1-2.
Gates, Eugene, and Karla Hartl. "Vitezslava Kapralova: a remarkable voice in 20th-century Czech Music." Tempo 213 (2000): 23-25, 30. Reprinted in Czech Music: The Journal of the Dvorak Society for Czech and Slovak Music 21 (1999/2000): 133-141. Translated into German by Constanze Holze and published as "Vitezslava Kapralova: Eine bemerkenswerte Stimme der tschechischen Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts" in Viva Voce 62 (November 2002): 2-6.
Hartl, Karla. "In Search of a Voice: The Story of Vitezslava Kapralova." Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music 2 (Fall 2003):1-6. Reprinted in The Kapralova Society Newsletter 1 (Fall 2003): 1-5.
Hartl, Karla. "Kapralova's correspondence with Otakar Sourek." The Kapralova Society Journal 1 (Spring 2005): 4-6.
Hartl, Karla. "The Voice of an Artist: The Life and Music of Vitezslava Kapralova." Czech Music Quarterly 3 (Fall 2008):13-20.
Hartl, Karla. "Vitezslava Kapralova. Catalogue of Works." Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music 2 (Fall 2003):7-12. Reprinted in The Kapralova Society Newsletter 1 (Fall 2003): 5-11.
Hartl, Karla. "Vitezslava Kapralova. A Life Chronology. Part I." The Kapralova Society Newsletter 1 (Spring 2004): 9-11.
Hartl, Karla. "Vitezslava Kapralova. A Life Chronology. Part II." The Kapralova Society Journal 1 (Spring 2005): 6, 10-11.
Hartl, Karla. "Vitezslava Kapralova. A Life Chronology. Part III." The Kapralova Society Journal 1 (Spring 2006): 6-11.
Hartl, Karla. "Vitezslava Kapralova. A Life Chronology. Part IV." The Kapralova Society Journal 1 (Spring 2007): 6-11.
Henderson, Michael. "Bohuslav Martinu and Vitezslava Kapralova." Czech Music: The Journal of the Dvorak Society for Czech and Slovak Music 20 (1997/1998): 71-84. An abbreviated and revised version of the article was published in: Michael Beckerman, ed. Martinu's Mysterious Accident. Essays in Memory of Michael Henderson. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2007, pp. 55-59.
Hopkins, Robert. "The Forgotten Generation." Czech Music: The Journal of the Dvorak Society for Czech and Slovak Music 21 (1999-2000): 225, 235.
Horlitz, Tereza. "Sest dopisu Vaclava Kaprala Aloisi Habovi." Opus musicum 1 (2007): 16-19.
Houtchens, Alan. "Love's Labour's Lost: Martinu, Kapralova and Hitler." In Irish Music Studies 4, pp. 127-132. Edited by Patrick F. Devine & Harry White. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1996. Reprinted in The Kapralova Society Journal 1 (Spring 2005): 1-4.
Kabelac, Miloslav and Berta Kabelacova. "Vzpominka na Vitezslavu Kapralovou." Hudebni veda 2-3 (1999): 390.
Kapral, Josef. "Tri Studne anno 1998 a Dopis z roku 1940." Opus Musicum 4-5 (1998): 169-172.
Kapusta, Jan. "Bohuslav Martinu v roce 1938." Hudebni veda 2 (1982): 162-175.
Kuna, Milan. "Korespondence Bohuslava Martinu Vaclavu Talichovi 1924-1939." Hudebni veda 2 (1970): 236-247.
Kundera, Ludvik. "Odesel Vaclav Kapral..." Tempo 8 (1947): 242.
Kux, Jan. "Na dobry zivot staci i kratky cas." Opus Musicum 3 (2000): 64-68.
Mayrova, Katerina. "Correspondence of Bohuslav Martinu in the Music History Department of the Moravian Museum in Brno." Bohuslav Martinu Newsletter, 1 (2004): 16-18. Reprinted in a revised and expanded version as "Letters to Kapralova and Other Correspondence of Bohuslav Martinu in the Music History Department of the Moravian Museum in Brno" in The Kapralova Society Journal 1 (Spring 2008): 1-5.
Mayrova, Katerina. "O cem si psali Otakar Sourek a Bohuslav Martinu." Harmonie 4 (2003): 17-21.
Mayrova, Katerina. "Z archivu Moravskeho zemskeho muzea. Korespondence Bohuslava Martinu." Harmonie 10 (2004): 26-27.
Mihule, Jaroslav. "O podivnych laskach Jiriho Muchy." Opus Musicum 1 (1999): 66-68.
Nemcova, Alena. "Vitezslava Kapralova a Jan Novak - dva moravsti zaci Bohuslava Martinu." Opus Musicum 6 (1991): 190-193. Reprinted in English as "Vitezslava Kapralova and Jan Novak: Two of Martinu's Moravian Pupils" in Czech Music 21 (1999/2000): 174-180.
Pavova, Tereza. "Vitezslava Kapralova jako Habova zacka?" Acta Musicologica 1 (2006), http://acta.musicologica.cz/06-01/0601s03t.html (4 July 2006). Reprinted in Opus musicum 4 (2006): 10-14.
Pechacek, Stanislav. "Sborova tvorba klasiku - Vitezslava Kapralova." Cantus 3 (2004): 5-6.
Pecman, Rudolf. "Pater & filia. Crta o Vaclavu Kapralovi a jeho dceri Vitezslave." Acta Musicologica 1 (2005), http://acta.musicologica.cz/05-01/0501s03t.html (4 July 2006).
Popelka, Isa. "Abych sel svou cestou dal. Z dopisu Vladimira Helferta Vaclavu Kapralovi." Opus Musicum 10 (1975): 315-316.
Przezdziek, Angelika. "Vitezslava Kapralova, dama muzyki czeskiej." Muzyka21, 1 (2005): 26-27.
Schaefer, Theodor. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Hudebni rozhledy 1 (1955): 36.
Settari, Olga. "L'oeuvre pour piano de Vitezslava Kapralova." Mouvement Janacek Cahier 13-14 (April 1991): 36-40.
Settari, Olga. "Vitezslava Kapralova's Piano Compositions" The Kapralova Society Journal 1 (Spring 2007): 1-5, 11.
Uher, Jindrich. "Kratka pisnicka. Skica k portretu Vitezslavy Kapralove." Opus Musicum 3 (1987): 73-78.
Vejvarova, Michaela. "Posledni orchestralni skladba Vitezslavy Kapralove." Opus Musicum, 2 (2004): 2-7.
Vejvarová, Michaela. "Vitezslava Kapralova's Last Concertino." Czech Music 4 (2001): 6-7.
Vojtiskova, Lenka. "B. Martinu svym pratelum." Hudebni rozhledy 18 (1957): 773.
Weigl, Hanus. "Rejoicing in memories of Vitezslava Kapralova." The Kapralova Society Newsletter 1 (2004): 5-6.
Wurz, Matthias. "Skladatele v exilu: Georg Tintner and Vitezslava Kapralova." Opus Musicum 1 (2002): 22-29.
Articles in other periodicals
Bednarova, Vera. "O rodicich Vitezslavy Kapralove." Kulturni zpravy 4 (1992): 27.
Bednarova, Vera. "Rodinny kruh Vaclava Kaprala." Stafeta 2 (1979): 7-9.
Derks, Thea. "Aangrijpende Schoonheid." Uitkrant Amsterdam 6 (2007): 14.
Derks, Thea. "Gloedvolle muziek van Vitezslava Kapralova." Uitkrant Amsterdam 2 (2007).
Dobrovska, Wanda. "Na prahu sveta velke hudby." Tyden 29 (1999): 54-55.
Hindle, Debbie & Susie Godsil. "The Song of the Siren: Some Thoughts on Idealization and Creativity in Martinu's Julietta." International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 87 (2006): 1087-1102.
Jurman, Hynek. "Omyly Tradovane: Chodili Mucha a Martinu kolem Sykovce?" Bystricko 5 (May 2007): 17-18.
Kapral, Josef. "Zena mezi peti linkami." Zpravy Spolecnosti Bohuslava Martinu, 29 (2006): 45-49.
Klenova, Maria. "Pratelstvi Cechu a Slovaku i za hranicemi." Ceska beseda, 11 (2006).
Kolomacka, Marcela. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Mozart v divcich sateckach." Vlasta (May 2005).
Macek, Jiri. "Predcasne odesly talent ceske hudby." Zpravy Spolecnosti Bohuslava Martinu 26 (2003): 28-33.
Mlejnek, Karel. "Zlomeny talent." Hudebni novinky (January-February 1965): 8-9.
Mrackova, Jarmila. "Hudebni skladatele v Kralove Poli." Kralovopolske listy 12 (2005): 13.
Novotna, Jana. "Skladatelka a dirigentka." Zpravodaj Kralovo Pole 2 (2002): 4.
Osvaldova, Barbora. "Vitezslava Kapralova: An Exceptional Composer." The Heart of Europe, 2 (2006): 36-38. (Also available in French version.)
Osvaldova, Barbora. "Vyjimecna skladatelka: Vitezslava Kapralova." Instinkt 12 (2004).
Pazourova, Milada. "Koho bozi miluji, umira mlad." Obrys 1 (1989): 24-25.
Smahel, Frantisek. "Hudba v Ceske akademii ved a umeni." Akademicky bulletin, 1 (2006).
"Tchechische Komponistinnen." Cid-Info 2 (2001): 7-8.
Uher, Jindrich. "Koreny rodu." Kulturni zpravy 3 (1993): 8.
Vackova, Jirina. "Ceske skladatelky." Svet mladych zen 5 (1946-47): 69.
Vesela, Alena. "Vzpominka na Vitezslavu Kapralovou." Zpravodaj SPH pri SF Brno (January 2005): 2. Reprinted in Zpravy Spolecnosti Bohuslava Martinu, 29 (2006): 42-44.
Vojtiskova, Lenka. "Za Vitezslavou Kapralovou." Rada zen 14 (1945).
Vojtiskova, Lenka. "Nase Vitezslava Kapralova." November 1947, source unknown [The Lenka Vojtiskova Papers, National Museum, Czech Museum of Music].
Vovsova, Anna. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Xantypa 4 (1997): 86-87.
Zelenkova, Jana. "Vyroci mesice: Vitezslava Kapralova." Voticke noviny, 12 (2001): 15.
Entries in music dictionaries and guides, mentions in music history books
Berkovec, Jiri. "DM 5649. Vitezslava Kapralova, Vojenska symfonietta." In Poslouchejte s nami II. (Listener's Guide to Recordings.) Edited by Karel Mlejnek et al. Praha: Statni hudebni vydavatelstvi, 1965 (539-540).
Blankenburg, Elke Mascha. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Dirigentinnen im 20. Jahrhundert. Hamburg: Europäische Verlagsanstalt, 2003.
Cernusak, Gracian. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Ceskoslovensky hudebni slovnik osob a instituci. Edited by Gracian Cernusak, Bohumir Stedron, and Zdenko Novacek. Praha: Statni hudebni vydavatelstvi, 1963.
Cheek, Timothy. Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire. Lanham, Maryland, and London: The Scarecrow Press, 2001 (144-145).
Cohen, Aaron I. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. New York: Books & Music, 1987.
Dees, Pamela Youngdahl. "Kapralova, Vitezslava."In Piano Music by Women Composers, Volume II. Westport CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004 (111).
Gardavsky, Cenek. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Contemporary Czechoslovak Composers. Prague: Panton, 1965.
Helfert, Vladimir. "Ceska moderni hudba." In: Vybrane studie I. O hudebni tvorivosti. Praha: Panton, 1970, 303.
Jiranek, Jaroslav and Josef Bek, eds. Dejiny ceske hudebni kultury 1890-1945 [2]. Praha: Academia, 1981, 267-8.
Karbusicky, Vladimir. "Der Erträumte und nacherlebte Surrealismus. Martinus Oper 'Juliette ou La clé des songes.'" In: Hamburger Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft. Laaber: Laaber, 1985, 271-336.
Kvasnickova, Petra. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Ludwig Finscher, ed. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. 2nd edition. Kassel: Baerenreiter, 2003, 1473.
Macek, Jiri and Anna Serych. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 9. Edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1980.
Macek, Jiri and Anna Serych. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Edited by Stanley Sadie and Rhian Samuel. New York and London: W.W.Norton and Company, 1994.
Pechacek, Stanislav. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Ceska sborova tvorba 1800-1950. Praha: PFUK, 2002.
Slonimsky, Nicolas. Music Since 1900. New York: Schirmer Books, 1994, 425.
Smolka, Jaroslav. Ceska hudba naseho stoleti. Praha: SHN, 1961, 103-104.
Smolka, Jaroslav. Dejiny hudby. Praha: TOGGA, 2001, 608.
Smolka, Jaroslav. Hudba v prvni Ceskoslovenske republice. Praha: AMU, 1999.
Stevens, Bernard. "Czechoslovakia and Poland." In European Music in the Twentieth Century edited by Howard Hartog. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1961, 322.
Chapters or parts of books
Chmel, Zdenek. Galerie brnenskych osobnosti: 1. A-K. Brno: ANTE, 1998.
Erismann, Guy. Martinu: Un musicien a l'eveil des sources. Actes Sud, 1990 (160-1, 168-9, 172-194, 247, 253-4).
Fischmann, Zdenka. "Vitezslava Kapralova" In Essays on Czech Music. Eastern European Monographs 610. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002.
Frydlova, Pavla. "Vitezslava Kapralova." In Ceske zeny. Edited by Alena Wagnerova. Havlickuv Brod: Fragment, 2003.
Fuchs, Ales. Dlouha svatebni cesta. Prague: Faun, 1997 (78-79).
Fukac, Jiri: "Brnenska konzervator a moravsti skladatele." Sbornik k padesatemu vyroci trvani prvni moravske odborne umelecke skoly. Brno: Konzervator Brno, 1969. Electronic version: http://www.konzervatorbrno.cz/stred/skola/historie/fukac.htm
Jirku, Irena. Rendez-vous s Rudolfem Kunderou. Praha: Nakladatelstvi LISTEN, 1999 (43-53).
Jurman, Hynek. Ozveny vysociny: 7. dil. Pisnicky nasich strani. Stepanov, 1993.
Kundera, Ludvik. Vaclav Kapral. Brno: Blok, 1968 (38-39, 43-44, 59-60, 77, 92-95, 97).
Large, Brian. Martinu. London: Duckworth, 1975 (70-80).
Laznicka, Miloslav. Hradistska idyla Vaclava Kaprala. Uherske Hradiste: Cesky svaz protifasistickych bojovniku, 1988 (11-12, 22-23).
Linka, Arne. Hudebni skladatel Theodor Schaefer. Brno: Georgetown, 2002 (22-23, 42,45,55,72,86,92-93,99,102-105,136).
Mariankova, J. Zili a pracovali v Brne. Brno, 1977, 56.
Markova, Marta. Femina: portrety ceskych zen. Brno: Barrister a Principal, 1998.
Martinu, Charlotte. Muj zivot s Bohuslavem Martinu. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1978 (51-2, 55).
Mauwer, Simon. The Glass Room. New York: Other Press, 2009 (75-77, 112, 145, 160-1, 224, 235, 293).
Mihule, Jaroslav. Bohuslav Martinu: Profil zivota a dila. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1974 (95-110).
Mihule, Jaroslav. Martinu: Osud skladatele. Praha: Karolinum, 2002 (252, 263-267, 273-277, 279-280, 287-288, 290-291, 295-296, 298, 301, 303-308, 344, 463, 506, 566-568).
Mucha, Jiri. Studene slunce. Praha: Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1968 (92-96).
Pecman, Rudolf. Prameny hudby dneska. Hrst kapitol. Brno: Koncertni oddeleni Parku kultury a oddechu, 1989 (80-86).
Popelka, Isa, ed. Bohuslav Martinu. Dopisy domu. Praha: Mlada Fronta, 1996 (61).
Popelka, Isa. Vaclav Kapral. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1977 (49-50).
Rok na Hane: kalendar Hanackych novin pro zabavu a pouceni v roce 1997. Olomouc: Hanacke noviny, 1997.
Safranek, Milos, ed. Bohuslav Martinu: Domov, hudba a svet. Praha: SHV, 1966 (15, 68-70, 282, 305-328).
Safranek, Milos. Bohuslav Martinu: His Life and Works. London: Allan Wingate, 1962 (134, 179-192, 208, 269).
Safranek, Milos. Bohuslav Martinu: Zivot a dilo. Praha: Statni hudebni vydavatelstvi, 1961 (211-217, 278-279).
Safranek, Milos. Divadlo Bohuslava Martinu. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1979 (83-85).
Safranek, Milos. Setkani po padesati letech. Praha: Torst, 2006 (219-220).
Tonder, Ivo & Ladislav Sitensky. Na nebi i v pekle. Plzen: Mustang, 1997 (63-65).
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Uher, Jindrich. Slunce v mramoru. Brno: Blok, 1990 (24-29, 34-46).
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CD booklet essays, biographical leaflets, concert program notes
Bartova, Jindra. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Translated into English by Ludmila Hatrick. Vitezslava Kapralova: Portrait of the Composer. CD booklet. Studio Matous MK 0049-2 011 (1998).
Bednarova, Vera. Ceske hudebni skladatelky. Bibliographical leaflet. Brno: Universitni knihovna, 1957.
Brezina, Ales. Martinu. The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra. Vol. 3. CD Booklet. Hyperion, 2008.
Brom, Rafael. "Bohuslav Martinu, Vitezslava Kapralova, Josef Suk." Translated into English by Karel Janovicky. Kapralova Quartet: Martinu, Kapralova, Suk. CD booklet. ArcoDiva UP0085-2 131 (2006).
Cheek, Timothy. "Forever Kapralova." Forever Kapralova. Vitezslava Kapralova: Songs. CD booklet. Supraphon SU 3752-2 231 (2003).
Cheek, Timothy. Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940): A Birthday Celebration. Program notes. University of Michigan School of Music, January 24, 2002.
Cheek, Timothy. Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940): Lieder. Program notes. The Komponisten und Ihr Werk Festival, Kassel, Germany, November 19, 2005.
Cheek, Timothy. Vitezslava Kapralova/Bohuslav Martinu. Program notes. Michigan Chamber Players Series. University of Michigan School of Music, January 19, 2003.
Hartl, Karla. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Vitezslava Kapralova. CD liner notes. Koch International Classics KIC-CD-7742 (2008).
Hrdlicka, R. Vitezslava Kapralova. Program notes. February 11, 1946.
Labhart, Walter. Bohuslav Martinu: Kammermusic. CD booklet. Koch International Classics, 1990.
MacDonald, Calum: Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959). Double Concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani (1938). Program notes. London Symphony Orchestra, March 21, 2001.
Macek, Jiri. Vitezslava Kapralova. Portret skladatelky. LP liner notes. Supraphon LP 1 19 1748 G (1975).
Macek, Jiri. Vitezslava Kapralova. Biographical leaflet. Praha: Czech Music Information Centre, 1973.
Melville-Mason, Graham. Military Sinfonietta. Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940). Program notes. New London Orchestra, December 10, 2001.
Oliphant, Naomi. "Vitezslava Kapralova, Grazyna Bacewicz, Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger." Women of Firsts. Art Songs by the first Twentieth Century women composers from the Czech Republic, Poland, United States, and France. CD booklet. Centaur CRC 2966 (2008).
Svaz ceskoslovenskych skladatelu. Vecer k jubileu Vitezslavy Kapralove a Zdenka Folprechta. Program notes (signed by initials "jm"). Union of Czechoslovak Composers, March 17, 1965.
Vitezslava Kapralova. Program notes. Hradec Kralove Philharmonic, January 10, 2002.
Blogs and online articles
Colomb, Joseph. "Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940). La musique des pays de Bohême. 5 September 2009, http://musicabohemica.blogspot.com/2009/09/vitezslava-kapralova.html (5 September 2009).
Fialkova, Martina. "Vitezslava Kapralova - devce s taktovkou." Cesky dialog, 16 June 2010 http://www.cesky-dialog.net/aktuality.php?akt=143 (9 July 2010)
Jappel, Ctibor. "Spisovatel, ktereho nekteri z Tugendhatu neradi videli ve slavne vile. Ac o ni napsal vytecny roman." Interview with Simon Mawer. MF Dnes. idnes.cz/kavarna online, 18 May 2010, http://zpravy.idnes.cz/spisovatel-ktereho-nekteri-z-tugendhatu-neradi-videli-ve-slavne-vile-ac-o-ni-napsal-vytecny-roman-i31-/kavarna.asp?c=A100518_115706_kavarna_chu
Jonté, Gabriele. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Music und Gender im Internet. Edited by Beatrix Borchard. 5 October 2007 http://mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de/grundseite/grundseite.php?id=kapr1915 (10 October 2007)
Kapral, Josef. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Zpravodaj K2001, no. 9 (2002), http://www.k2001.cz/images/exil/zprav_09/zpravodaj9.pdf
Modrova, Anna. Prochazka kominskym hrbitovem. Official website of Brno-Komin. http://www.brno-komin.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2007033101
Richter, Vaclav. "L'amour au seuil de la nuit." Czech Radio 7 (Praha). 15 October 2005, http://www.radio.cz/fr/article/71650 (7 January 2009).
Richter, Vaclav. "La musique, miroir du printemps et du coeur." Czech Radio 7 (Praha). 12 April 2004, http://www.radio.cz/fr/article/52654 (7 January 2009).
Richter, Vaclav. "Vítezslava Kaprálová, un jeune talent dans les rouages de l’histoire." Czech Radio 7 (Praha). 16 June 2010, http://www.radio.cz/fr/article/128989 (7 July 2010).
Richter, Vaclav. "Vitezslava Kapralova, une jeune femme dans le domaine des hommes." Czech Radio 7 (Praha). 26 January 2005, http://www.radio.cz/fr/article/62779 (7 January 2009).
Vaughan, David. "Simon Mawer talks about The Glass Room." Czech Radio 7 (Praha). 5 July 2010, http://www.radio.cz/en/article/129499 (8 July 2010).
Zelena-Krizova, Helena. "Fenomen s neznym jmenem - Vitulka Kapralova." Internetovy magazin Zdarske vrchy. 4 February 2010, http://www.zdarskevrchy.cz/osobnosti/5263-fenomen-s-neznym-jmenem-vitulka-kapralova (4 February 2010).