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Works Published

Some of My Very First Compositions | Z mojich nejranejsich skladeb (1924-28). Piano. Published under the title: Skladby z detstvi | Pieces from Childhood. Amos Editio, 2003.
Before the Long Journey | Na dalekou cestu [Some of My Very First Compositions]. Hudebni besidka, II. Pazdirek, 1925-26.
Songs | Pisne. 1930-32. Voice and piano. Amos Editio, 2005.
Burlesque | Burleska, op. 3b. Violin and piano. Pazdirek, 1933.
Two Songs | Dve pisne, op. 4. Voice and piano. Amos Editio, 2005.
Sparks from Ashes | Jiskry z popele, op. 5. Voice and piano. Amos Editio, 2005.
January | Leden (1933). Voice, piano, flute, 2 violins, violoncello. Amos Editio, 2005.
Sonata appassionata, op. 6. Piano. Amos Editio, 2006.
Grotesque Passacaglia | Groteskni passacaglia. Piano. [Three Pieces for Piano | Tri kusy pro klavir, op. 9]. Tempo, 6 (1936).
Lullaby | Ukolebavka. Voice and piano. [Apple from the Lap | Jablko s klina, op. 10]. Eva, 1936.
Apple from the Lap | Jablko s klina, op. 10. HMUB, 1938 (1st edition). Amos Editio, 2005 (2nd, critical edition).
Little Song | Pisnicka (1936). Piano. In: Moravsti skladatele mladezi [Klavirni skladby]. MelPa (Melantrich - Pazdirek), 1936.
Military Sinfonietta | Vojenska symfonieta, op. 11. Large orchestra. Melantrich, 1938 (1st edition). Czech Music Fund, 1958 (2nd, facsimile edition). Czech Radio Publishing House, 2005 (3rd edition).
Forever | Navzdy, op. 12. Voice and piano. HMUB, 1949 (1st edition). Amos Editio, 2005 (2nd, critical edition).
Ostinato fox (1937). Piano. SelfPrint Music, 2008.
April Preludes | Dubnova preludia, op. 13. Piano. HMUB, 1938. Prelude No.1 [Allegro ma non troppo] reprinted in the collection Klavir 1947 by HMUB in Prague in 1947; Prelude No.3 [Andante Semplice] reprinted in the collection For Young People from Modern Czech Composers. Editio Praga, 1999.
Waving Farewell | Sbohem a satecek, op. 14. Voice and piano. HMUB, 1947.
Carol | Koleda (1937). Voice and piano. Lidove noviny (Christmas 1937). Amos Editio, 2005 (2nd, critical edition).
Variations sur le Carillon de L'Eglise Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, pour piano, op. 16. Piano. La Sirene Editions Musicales, 1938.
Potpolis [Two Women Choruses | Dva zenske sbory, op. 17]. Editio Supraphon, 1976.
Seconds | Vteriny, op. 18. Voice and piano. Amos Editio, 2005.
New Year's Carol | Novorocni [Seconds | Vteriny, op. 18]. Novorocenka Melantrichu. Melantrich, 1937 (1st edition). Amos Editio, 2005 (2nd, critical edition).
Easter | Velikonoce [Seconds | Vteriny, op. 18]. Lidove noviny (28.3. 1937).
Postmortem Variation | Posmrtna variace [Seconds | Vteriny, op. 18]. Piano. Lidove noviny (18.9.1937).
Love Carol | Koleda milostna [Seconds | Vteriny, op.18]. In: Martinu - Kapralova: Koleda Milostna. Editio Supraphon, 1974 (1st edition), 1998 (2nd edition). Amos Editio, 2005 (3rd, critical edition).
Partita, op. 20. Piano and string orchestra. Svoboda, 1948 (1st edition), Czech Radio Publishing House, 2006 (2nd edition).
Concertino, op. 21. Violin, clarinet, and orchestra. Editio Baerenreiter, 2003.
Sung into the Distance | Zpivano do dalky, op. 22. Voice and piano. Amos Editio, 2005.
Prélude de Noël (1939). Chamber orchestra. Czech Radio Publishing House, 2002.
Christmas Carol | Vanocni koleda. 1939. Voice and piano. Amos Editio, 2005.
Letter | Dopis (1940). Voice and piano. Printed (as a facscimile) in: Jiri Mucha: Podivne lasky. Prague: Mlada fronta, 1988. Pp.389-392. Reprinted in: Opus Musicum, 4-5 (1998): 170-1. Amos Editio, 2005.
Ritournelle pour violoncelle et piano | Ritornel pro cello a klavir. [Deux Ritournelles, op. 25]. Editio Baerenreiter, 2003.
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Published scores

See the KAPRALOVA EDITION page for further details on all published scores, both in and out of print.

Czech Radio Publishing House | Vydavatelstvi a nakladatelstvi Ceskeho rozhlasu, Rimska 13, 120 99 Praha 2. Scores and parts for hire: Military Sinfonietta, Prélude de Noël, Suita rustica, Suite en miniature.

Baerenreiter (Prague), Scores Rental Service. Bechovicka 26, 100 00 Praha 10, Czech Republic. Tel.: 011 42 02 7400-1925 Fax: 011 42 02 7400-1930 e-mail: pujcovna@ebpraha.com. Scores and parts for hire: Concertino for Clarinet, Violin, and Orchestra.

Czech Music Fund, Scores Rental Service | Cesky hudebni fond, pujcovna hudebnich materialu. Radlicka 99, 150 00 Praha 5, Czech Republic. Scores and parts for hire: April Preludes for piano trio (arr. Josef Ceremuga), Grotesque Passacaglia, Military Sinfonietta, Partita, Prélude de Noël, String Quartet (parts), Suite en miniature.

Autographs and unpublished scores

The Moravian Museum in Brno | Moravske zemske muzeum, oddeleni dejin hudby. Smetanova 14, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic. This institution houses most of Kapralova's original autographs.

La Bibliotheque de Radio France. 116 Av. du President Kennedy, 75220 Paris Cedex 16, France. Scores: Prélude de Noël pour l'orchestre (original autograph score and copyist score, Ref. IM169), Symfonieta 1936 (original autograph, Ref. Aa1049).

The Kapralova Estate, Brno, Czech Republic. Scores (autographs and copies of autograph scores and arrangements): Festive Fanfare (copy of autograph and arr. Vladimir Werner), In the Bohemian Land (copy of autograph), Love Carol (autograph), My Dear One (autograph), Ritornel for cello and piano (autograph fragment), Sonata appassionata (autograph part of 2nd movement), Some of My Very First Compositions (copy of autograph), Song of the Workers to God (autograph), To Mother (autograph), Valse Triste (autograph), and various fragments of compositions.

Czech Radio (Brno) | Cesky rozhlas (Brno). Beethovenova 4, 657 42 Brno, Czech Republic. Scores and parts (autographs and copyist copies): Suite en miniature, Prélude de Noël, Suita Rustica, Waving Farewell (orchestral version).

Moravian Regional Library | Moravska zemska knihovna, Hudebni oddeleni. Zerotinovo nam. 3/5, 601 87 Brno, Czech Republic. Scores (copies of autographs and arrangements): Hymn of Volunteer Nurses, In the Bohemian Land, Potpolis [arr. Bretislav Bakala], Sonata Appassionata, Two songs, op. 4, Vezdicka [arr. Zdenek Kanak].

Czech Museum of Music in Prague | Ceske muzeum hudby. Karmelitska 2, 110 00, Praha, Czech Republic. Lenka Vojtiskova Papers, fond 205. Scores (copies of autographs): Suite en miniature, Three Pieces for Piano, op. 9, To Karel Capek (melodrama).

The Brno Conservatory | Konzervator Brno. Kapitana Jarose 45, 662 54 Brno, Czech Republic. Scores and parts (copyist copies): Piano Concerto (score of the first movement and parts).

The Janacek Academy of Music | JAMU Komenskeho nam. 6, 662 15 Brno, Czech Republic. Scores (copyist copies): Elegy, Hymn of Volunteer Nurses of the Czechoslovak Red Cross, Legend, Piano Concerto (piano part), String Quartet (score and parts).

Bohuslav Martinu Memorial | Pamatnik Bohuslava Martinu. Tylova 114, 572 01 Policka, Czech Republic. Tel.: 011 42/ 0461 72 57 69, e-mail: bmartinu@policka-city.cz. Scores: Symfonieta 1936 (copy of the autograph score).

Czech Music Information Centre | Informacni stredisko Ceskeho hudebniho fondu. Besedni 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic. Scores: Symfonieta 1936 (copy of the autograph score).

ZUS Policka. Husova 318, 572 01 Policka, Czech Republic. Scores: Childhood compositions (autograph score).

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The Kapralova Society Documentation Centre is a project of The Kapralova Society to preserve and protect the memory of Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova. Work in progress. Last updated on 29.7.2007.