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Vitezslava Kapralova: Feuilletons and reviews
"Husitsky choral." Ceskoslovensky boj 2, no. 5 (1940): 8.
"Koncert Rudolfa Firkusneho v Parizi." Ceskoslovensky boj 2, no. 15 (1940): 8.
"Propaganda hudbou." Ceskoslovensky boj 2, no. 2 (1940): 8.
Collected Correspondence
Dopisy domu. Korespondence rodicum z let 1935-1940. Volume 1. Edited by Karla Hartl. Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2015.
Dopisy laskam. Rudolfu Kopcovi a Jirimu Muchovi. Korespondence z let 1938-1940. Volume 2. Edited by Karla Hartl. Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2016.
Dopisy pratelum a jina korespondence z let 1935-1940. Volume 3. Edited by Karla Hartl. Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2017.
Prijata korespondence 1934-1940. Volume 4. Edited by Karla Hartl. Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2017.
"Korespondence s nakladateli." Volume 5. In Vitezslava Kapralova: Tematicky katalog skladeb a korespondence s nakladateli. Edited by Karla Hartl, 273–323. Prague: Czech Radio, 2020.
Kauza Kapralova v dobove korespondenci a dokumentech. Volume 6. Edited by Karla Hartl. Prague: Klic, 2021 (1st edn.); Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2024 (2nd edn.).
Thematic Catalog
Hartl, Karla. Vitezslava Kapralova: Tematicky katalog skladeb a korespondence s nakladateli. Prague: Czech Radio, 2020.
Monographs and collective monographs
Derny, Nicolas. Vitezslava Kapralova: Portrait musical et amoureux. Paris: Editions Le Jardin d'Essai, 2015.
Fischer, Christine, ed. Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940). Zeitbilder, Lebensbilder, Klangbilder. Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2017.
Hartl, Karla and Erik Entwistle, eds. The Kapralova Companion. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011.
Macek, Jiri. Vitezslava Kapralova. Praha: Svaz cs. skladatelu, 1958 (1st edition). Pruhonice, Czech Republic: Litera Proxima, 2014, 2019 (2nd edition).
Prazak, Premysl, ed. Vitezslava Kapralova: Studie a vzpominky. Prague: HMUB, 1949.
Commemorative publications
Mrackova, Jarmila, ed. Vitezslava Kapralova. Sbornik k 100. vyroci narozeni skladatelky a dirigentky.
An anthology of short texts commemorating the composer's centenary. Brno: Spolek pratel hudby pri Filharmonii Brno, 2015.
Published dissertations
Rajnohova, Alice. Klavirni dilo Vitezslavy Kapralove. Brno, Czech Republic: JAMU, 2014.
Unpublished dissertations and theses
Blalock, Marta. Analysis and Performance Problems of Vitezslava Kapralova's String Quartet, op. 8 (1935-1936). DMA diss., University of Georgia, 2008.
Dvoracek, Vit. Klavirni skladby V. Kapralove v transkripci pro dve kytary. Master's thesis, Prague Academy of Performing Arts, 2021. (Includes Suite for piano, op. 1 in a transcript for two guitars.)
Hlavackova Pavlina. Vitezslava Kapralova—falesna legenda? Obraz skladatelky v literarnim zpracovani. Thesis. Zapadoceska univerzita, 2003.
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, 2010.
Hradova, Veronika. Pisnova tvorba Vitezslavy Kapralove na texty Jaroslava Seiferta, s uzsim zamerenim na op. 10. Bachelor's Thesis. Charles University, 2023.
Jandura, Tereza. Her Own Voice: The Art Songs of Vitezslava Kapralova. DMA diss. University of Arizona, 2009.
Janeckova, Dagmar. Rana tvorba Vitezslavy Kapralove: Skladby z detstvi. Thesis. Masaryk University, 2007.
Janouskova, Michaela. Vitezslava Kapralova—hledani vlastni cesty. Partita pro klavir a smyccovy orchestr, op. 20. Concertino pro housle, klarinet a orchestr, op. 21. Master's thesis. Charles University, 2007.
Jelinkova, Anna. Vokalni tvorba Vitezslavy Kapralove se zamerenim na cyklus Jablko s klina. Bachelor's thesis. Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 2007.
Kachlirova,, Veronika. Pisnovy cyklus Vitezslavy Kapralove: Jiskry z popele, op. 5 – analyza dila. Bachelor's thesis. Masaryk University, 2023.
Kerkovska, Alena. V. Kapralova—Variace na zvony kostela St. Etienne du Mont. Rozbor dila. Thesis. Brno Conservatory, 2001.
Konecna, Ivona. Vokalni tvorba Vitezslavy Kapralove. Thesis. Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 2001.
Kostas, Martin. Instrumentacni promeny Vitezslavy Kapralove. Master's thesis. Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 2007.
________. Kompozicni postupy Vitezslavy Kapralove v kantate Ilena. Bachelor's 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 Performing Arts, 1996.
Kratochvilova, Eva. Vitezslava Kapralova—zivot a vybrana pisnova tvorba (Navzdy, op. 12 a Sbohem a satecek, op. 14). Thesis. Brno Conservatory, 2011.
Lapkova, Marie. Vitezslava Kapralova: Dubnova preludia (analyza dila). Thesis. Univerzita Hradec Kralove, 2007.
Laubova, Lucie. Interpretacni pristup ke skladbam Bohuslava Martinu a Vitezslavy Kapralove. Master's thesis. Prague Academy of Performing Arts, 2015.
Lytle, Rebecca. An Analysis of Selected Works of Vitezslava Kapralova. Master's thesis. University of Texas at El Paso, 2008.
Maillard de la Morandais, Anais. Etude sur le cycle Navzdy, opus 12. Bachelor's thesis. Die Kunstuniversitat Graz, 2012.
Mairichova, Lucie. Vitezslava Kapralova—zivot a dilo. Bachelor's thesis. Prague Academy of Music, 2004.
Marcova, Zuzana. Portret Vitezslavy Kapralove: skladatelky a dirigentky. Thesis. Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyne, 2006.
Maskova, Zuzana. Problematika interpretace skladeb magisterskeho absolventskeho peveckeho koncertu s prihlednutim k tvorbe Vitezslavy Kapralove. Master's thesis. Masaryk University, 2015.
Piskovska, Ludmila. Vitezslava Kapralova—Sbohem a satecek. Thesis. Brno Conservatory, 1968.
Podsednikova, Tereza. Dechove nastroje v dile Vitezslavy Kapralove. Thesis. Brno Conservatory, 2016.
Prokesova, Kamila. Vitezslava Kapralova. Zivot a dilo se zamerenim na klavirni skladbu Variace na zvonkovou hru kostela Saint-Etienne-du-Mont. Thesis. Brno Conservatory, 2002.
Reitmajerova, Jana. Klavirni tvorba Vitezslavy Kapralove. Master's thesis. Charles University, 2013.
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. Bachelor's thesis, Prague Academy of Music, 2001.
Tuckova, Eva. Vitezslava Kapralova a jeji zhudebneni poezie Vitezslava Nezvala. Bachelor's thesis. Masaryk University, 2010.
Vargova, Miroslava. Realizacia svetovej premiery nedokonceneho diela Ilena Vitezslavy Kapralovej. Master's Thesis. Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, 2007.
Vondraskova, Mahulena. Vitezslava Kapralova a jeji prinos pro vokalni tvorbu. Bachelor's thesis. Prague Academy of Performing Arts, 2022. (Includes an analysis of the cycle Navzdy, op. 12.)
Zimmermann, Laura. Leta mlci, leta jdou - Die Jahre schweigen, die Jahre gehen. Zum Schaffen der nahezu vergessenen Komponistin Vitezslava Kapralova. Thesis. Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, 2014.
Papers presented at conferences, symposia, colloquia, and other events
Bartova, Jindra. "Tvurci vysledky Bohuslava Martinu v roce 1938 ve svetle jeho korespondence s Vitezslavou Kapralovou."
In Coloquium Bohuslav Martinu, His Pupils, Friends and Contemporaries, Brno 1990. Edited by Petr Macek. Brno: Ustav hudebni vedy FF MU, 1993.
Betka, Anna. ""Too Great to Get Published?" Kapralova's Sonata appassionata, op. 6."
Paper presented at the women in music festival/conference of the Mississipi University for Women, Columbus, USA, March 5, 2022.
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.
Derny, Nicolas. “De Brno a Prague: une musicienne sous la Premiere Republique tcheque. Vitezslava Kapralova et Vilem Petrzelka, Vitezslav Novak, Vaclav Kapral.”
Paper presented at the conference of ForumMusikDiversitat, Basel, Switzerland, November 28-29, 2015. Published as "Von Brunn nach Prag - eine Musikerin der Ersten Tschechoslowakischen Republik
und ihr Umfeld: Vitezslava Kapralova und Vilem Petrzelka, Vitezslav Novak, Vaclav Kapral." In Vitezslava Kapralova: Zeitbilder, Lebensbilder, Klangbilder. Edited by Christine Fischer, 33–52.
Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2017.
Entwistle, Erik. "Vaclav Kapral and the Holocaust." Paper presented at the New England Chapter Meeting of the American Musicological Society,
University of New Hampshire (Durham), April 17, 2010.
Fischer, Christine. “‘Der Tod und das Madchen’ oder ‘die unerreichbare Julietta’ – zu Kapralova-Bildern.” Paper presented at the conference
of ForumMusikDiversitat, Basel, Switzerland, November 28-29, 2015. Published as "Zum Umgang mit weiblichem 'Genie': Alte und neue Kapralova-Bilder." In
Vitezslava Kapralova: Zeitbilder, Lebensbilder, Klangbilder. Edited by Christine Fischer, 91–113. Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2017.
___________. "Ending Republican Gender Politics—Vitezslava Kaprálová’s Cantata Ilena, op. 15." Paper presented at the International Symposium of MusicaFemina, Central European University,
Budapest, January 8–9, 2020.
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. Abstract published in: Abstracts of Papers. Edited by Stanley Marsik. Flushing, N.Y.: SVU Press, 1990.
Hartl, Karla. “The Centenary of Vitezslava Kapralova: Looking Back, Looking Forward.” Paper presented at the conference of ForumMusikDiversitat, Basel, Switzerland,
November 28-29, 2015. Published in Vitezslava Kapralova: Zeitbilder, Lebensbilder, Klangbilder. Edited by Christine Fischer, 21–32. Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2017.
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 Irish Music Studies 4, edited by Patrick F. Devine & Harry White, 127-132.
Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1996.
Lienhard, Daniel. “Vitezslava Kapralovas Blasertrio-Fragment und die tschechische Blaserkammermusik von 1900-1950.”
Paper presented at the conference of ForumMusikDiversitat, Basel, Switzerland, November 28-29, 2015.
Published as "Vitezslava Kapralovas Blasertrio-Fragment: Franzosische und tschechische Vorlaufer und Einflusse." In Vitezslava Kapralova: Zeitbilder, Lebensbilder, Klangbilder.
Edited by Christine Fischer, 115–147. Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2017.
Mabary, Judith. “Kapralova and Martinu: Reciprocal Inspiration in Time of War.” Paper presented at the conference
of ForumMusikDiversitat, Basel, Switzerland, November 28-29, 2015. Published in Vitezslava Kapralova: Zeitbilder, Lebensbilder, Klangbilder.
Eddited by Christine Fischer, 53–69. Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2017.
Machonova-Pavlu, Olga. “Kapralova auffuhren.” Paper presented at the conference of ForumMusik Diversitat, Basel, Switzerland, November 28-29, 2015.
Published as "Vitezslava Kapralovas Orchesterwerke: Beobachtungen aus der Auffuhrungsarbeit,"
in Vitezslava Kapralova: Zeitbilder, Lebensbilder, Klangbilder. Edited by Christine Fischer, 149–163. Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2017.
Nemec, Veroslav. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Paper presented at the Kapralova Festival, Michigan University School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, September 20–27, 2015.
Paige, Diane M. "Vitezslava Kapralova and the Muses." Paper presented at the New England Chapter Meeting of the American Musicological Society,
University of New Hampshire (Durham), April 17, 2010.
Rajnohova, Alice. “Sonata Appassionata by Vitezslava Kapralova. One of the Main Piano Sonatas in the Czech Music of the First Half of the 20th Century.”
Paper presented at the conference of ForumMusikDiversitat, Basel, Switzerland, November 28-29, 2015. Published as "Vitezslava Kapralovas Sonata appassionata, op. 6 fur Klavier (1933) in ihrem Kontext."
In Vitezslava Kapralova: Zeitbilder, Lebensbilder, Klangbilder. Edited by Christine Fischer, 171–181. Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2017.
Reith, Louis, J. "The Double-Edged Mirror of Vitezslava Kapralova's song, Sbohem a satecek (Waving Farewell)."
Paper presented at the 28th World Congress of the Spolecnost pro vedy a umeni, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 1-4, 2016.
Sayer, Derek. "Love, War, and the Songs of Exile. Prauge-on-Seine, 1938–1940." Masaryk Lecture. Paper presented at the Czech Embassy in London on November 24, 2011.
Settari, Olga. "Vitezslava Kapralova's Piano Compositions." In: Colloquium Bohuslav Martinu, His Pupils, Friends and Contemporaries, Brno 1990.
Edited by Petr Macek, 43-47. Brno: Masaryk University, l993.
Svatos, Thomas. “On Kapralova’s Literary Reception.” Paper presented at the conference of ForumMusikDiversitat, Basel, Switzerland, November 28-29, 2015.
Published as "On the Literary Reception of Kapralova and Martinu: Jiri Mucha's Peculiar Loves and Miroslav Barvik's 'At Tri Studne.'" In
Vitezslava Kapralova: Zeitbilder, Lebensbilder, Klangbilder. Edited by Christine Fischer, 71–90. Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2017.
"Vitezslava Kapralova, 1915-1940." In: Cesti hudebni klasikove na prahu 21. stoleti. Companion to the 25th edition of the musicological conference Janackiana,
Ostrava, June 6-7, 2001. Ostrava, Czech Republic: University of Ostrava Faculty of Pedagogy, 2002.
Vrkocova, Ludmila. "Nasi v zahranici." Paper presented at the Forfest Festival Colloquium, 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 of
Goldsmiths College, University of London, June 28, 2001.
Chapters in books
Cheek, Timothy. "Sad Evening, Great Discovery: Bringing to Light a New Song by Vitezslava Kapralova." In The Women in Music Anthology.
Edited by Eugene Gates and Karla Hartl, 290—303. Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2021.
_________. "Vitezslava Kapralova." In Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire. 2nd. edition. Rowman & Littlefied, 2014, 335-56.
Derny, Nicolas."Vitezslava Kapralova et Bohuslav Martinu: entre emulation et complementarite (1937-1940)." In Musiciennes en duo. Meres, filles, soeurs our
compagnes d'artistes. Edited by Caroline Giron-Panel, Sylvie Granger, Raphaelle Legrand and Bertrand Porot, 123-136. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2015.
Egeling, Stephane. "Kaprálová’s Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (1937–1938)." In The Women in Music Anthology. Edited by Eugene Gates and Karla Hartl, 304—311. Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2021.
Fischmann, Zdenka. "Vitezslava Kapralova." In: Essays on Czech Music. Eastern European Monographs 610, 65–69. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002.
Hartl, Karla. "The Power of Advocacy in Music: The Case of Vitezslava Kapralova." In The Women in Music Anthology. Edited by Eugene Gates and Karla Hartl, 261—276. Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2021.
________. "Kaprálová as a Composer of the Week: The BBC Interview." In The Women in Music Anthology. Edited by Eugene Gates and Karla Hartl, 316—337. Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2021.
Koukl, Giorgio. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Two Dances for Piano, op. 23 (1940). An Attempt at Reconstruction of the Autograph." In The Women in Music Anthology.
Edited by Eugene Gates and Karla Hartl, 312—315. Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2021.
Macek, Jiri. "Vitezslava Kapralova." In Ceska hudebni avantgarda. Pruvodce svetem orchestru jedne pozoruhodne epochy. Pruhonice, Czech Republic: Litera Proxima, 2012, 131-145.
Paige, Diane M. "Kapralova and the Muses: Understanding the Qualified Composer." In The Women in Music Anthology. Edited by Eugene Gates and Karla Hartl, 277—289. Toronto: The Kapralova Society, 2021.
Neumann, Esther Rebecca. “Vitezslava Kapralova: die Komponistin und ihr soziales Umfeld.” In: Frauen hor- und sichtbar machen:
20 Jahre "Frau und Musik" an der Universitat fur Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. Edited by Elena Ostleitner, Sarah Chaker et al. Vienna: Institut fur Musiksoziologie, 2010.
Sirodeau, Christophe. "Ode aux compositeurs oublies: Suk et Kapralova." In: Perspectives on Music. Edited by Hans-Christian Gunther and Christophe Sirodeau, 247–251. Nordhausen, Germany: Verlag Traugott Bautz, 2017.
Stedron, Milos. "Zehn Bemerkungen und Kommentare zu Edition und Erganzung von Vitezslava Kapralovas Concertino fur Violine, Klarinette und Orchester, op. 21."
In Vitezslava Kapralova: Zeitbilder, Lebensbilder, Klangbilder. Edited by Christine Fischer, 165–169. Zurich: Chronos Verlag, 2017.
Forewords, CD booklets, concert programs, radio scripts (a selection)
Bartova, Jindra. "Vitezslava Kapralova." CD booklet. English translation Ludmila Hatrick. Vitezslava Kapralova: Portrait of the Composer. Studio Matous MK 0049-2 011 (1998).
Brom, Rafael. "Bohuslav Martinu, Vitezslava Kapralova, Josef Suk." CD booklet. English translation Karel Janovicky. Kapralova Quartet: Martinu, Kapralova, Suk. ArcoDiva UP0085-2 131 (2006).
Cheek, Timothy. "Forever Kapralova." CD booklet. With translations by Karla Hartl and Bohuslava Jelinkova (Czech), Ingeborg Baumgarter (German), and Nabila Ramdani (French). Vitezslava Kapralova: Songs. Supraphon SU 3752-2 231 (2003).
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Songs." Foreword (score). Prague: Amos Editio, 2005.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Compositions for Violin and Piano." Foreword (score). Prague: Amos Editio, 2009.
________."Vitezslava Kapralova: January. Song on the poem by Vitezslav Nezval." Foreword (score). Prague: Amos Editio, 2005.
________. "vitezslava Kapralova: Sad Evening. Song for Soprano or Tenor and Piano." Foreword (score). Prague: Amos Editio, 2011.
________. Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940): A Birthday Celebration. Program notes. University of Michigan School of Music, January 24, 2002.
________. Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940): Lieder. Program notes. The Komponisten und Ihr Werk Festival, Kassel, Germany, November 19, 2005.
________. Vitezslava Kapralova/Bohuslav Martinu. Program notes. Michigan Chamber Players Series. University of Michigan School of Music, January 19, 2003.
Entwistle, Erik. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Three Piano Pieces, op. 9." Foreword (score). Prague: Amos Editio, 2010.
Hartl, Karla. "Vitezslava Kapralova." CD booklet notes. La Vita. Leonie Karatas plays Vitezslava Kapralova. EuroArts Music International 2069107 CD (2022).
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova." CD liner notes. Vitezslava Kapralova. Koch International Classics KIC-CD-7742 (2008).
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940). Complete piano music." CD liner notes. Kapralova: Complete piano music. Grand Piano (Naxos) GP708 CD (2017).
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D Minor." Foreword (score). Prague: Czech Radio, 2014.
________. Osudy: Vitezslava Kapralova. Script for a five-part radio series. Premiere broadcast by Czech Radio 3 on 20-24 January 2025.
________. "Suite en miniature." Foreword (score). Prague: Czech Radio, 2018.
________. "Two Choruses for Women's Voices." Foreword (score). Prague: Czech Radio, 2019.
Hartl, Karla and Veroslav Nemec. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Five Piano Compositions."Foreword (score). Prague: Amos Editio, 2011.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Sonata appassionata." Foreword (score). Prague: Amos Editio, 2006.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Tales of a Small Flute." Foreword (score). Prague: Amos Editio, 2014.
Hrdlicka, R. Vitezslava Kapralova. Program notes. February 11, 1946.
Kostas, Martin. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Ilena, op. 15." Foreword (score). Prague: czech Radio, 2020.
Mabary, Judith. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Suita rustica, op. 19." Foreword (score). Prague: Czech Radio, 2017.
Macek, Jiri. "Vitezslava Kapralova. Portret skladatelky." LP liner notes. Vitezslava Kapralova. Portret skladatelky. Supraphon LP 1 19 1748 G (1975).
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." CD booklet. Women of Firsts. Art Songs by the first Twentieth Century women composers from the Czech Republic, Poland, United States, and France. Centaur CRC 2966 (2008).
Pozivil, Lubomir. "Vitezslava Kapralova/Vitezslav Nezval: Karlu Capkovi." Foreword (score). Prague: Czech Radio, 2011.
Slavikova, Jitka. Vitezslava Kapralova. Radio script (1985?). Czech Radio Archive, sign. 1392.
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.
Articles in music journals and periodicals
Armstrong Asher Ian. "Ephemeral Incandescence: the April Preludes of Vitezslava Kapralova." Kapralova Society Journal 21, no. 1 (Winter 2023): 1–4.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova's Sonata Appassionata: The Pianist Perspective." Kapralova Society Journal 23 (2025): 1-7.
Bartova, Jindra. "Ach ty moje sladka, poslusna zacko..." Opus Musicum 22, no. 10 (1990): 310-314.
________. "Chvala knihoven, katalogizacnich listku a prekvapeni, jez skryvaji." Opus Musicum 32, no. 3 (2000): 50-52.
Barvik , Miroslav. "Nad pozustalosti Vitezslavy Kapralove." Rytmus 10, no. 2 (1945-1946): 5-7.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Tempo, 18, nos. 2-3 (1946): 43-44.
Blalock, Marta. "Kapralova's String Quartet, op. 8." Kapralova Society Journal 8, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 1-10.
Brezina , Ales. "Eine 'phantastische Schule' des Komponierens fur Streichorchester. Martinus Eingriffe in the Partita (1938) von Vitezslava Kapralova." Schweizer Jahrbuch fur Musikwissenschaft: 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.
Castaldi, Cristina. "An Analysis of Kapralova's Song Cycle Navzdy, op. 12." Kapralova Society Journal 11, no. 2 (Fall 2013): 7-9.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Sbohem a satecek, op. 14." Kapralova Society Journal 12, no. 2 (Fall 2014): 8-9.
Cerny, Jaromir. "Vitezslav Novak." Czech Music Quarterly 4 (2004): 2.
Cheek, Timothy. "Inflection and Word Setting in Czech Vocal Music." Journal of Singing 62 no. 3 (February 2006): 299–313.
________. "Navzdy (Forever) Kapralova: Re-evaluating Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova through her thirty songs." Kapralova Society Journal 3, no. 2 (Fall 2005): 1-6.
________. "Sad Evening, Great Discovery: Bringing to Light a New Song by Vitezslava Kapralova." Kapralova Society Journal 12, no. 1 (Spring 2014): 1-7.
Dunn, Lawrence. "Maliciously witty: the music of Vitezslava Kapralova." Bachtrack, 19 July 2024.
Egeling, Stephane. "Kapralova's Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon." Kapralova Society Journal 9, no. 2 (Fall 2011): 5-8.
Entwistle, Erik. "Kapralova's Bell Tower." Kapralova Society Journal 23 (2025): 8–9.
________. "To je Julietta. Martinu, Kapralova and Musical Symbolism." Kapralova Society Newsletter 2, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 1-15.
Fischer, Christine. "Ending Republican Gender Politics: Kapralova's Cantata Ilena." Kapralova Society Journal 18, no. 2 (Summer 2020): 1–11.
Fronkova, Erika. "Vitezslava Kapralova's Last Concertino." Czech Music 4 (2001): 6-7. Reprinted under the title "Last Concertino" in Kapralova Society Newsletter 2, no. 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 (Fall 2002): 2-6.
Gross, Anne. “Morning Sings Around and In Me: An Introduction to Vitezslava Kapralova and Her Songs.” Voiceprints 21, no. 2 (Nov/Dec 2023): 36–44.
Hartl, Karla. "Centenium Vitezslavy Kapralove." Harmonie 1 (2015): 14-17.
________. "Edice Vitezslavy Kapralove. Prispevek ke zprave o stavu soubornych vydani del ceskych hudebnich autoru." Opus musicum 49, no. 1 (2017): 56–62.
________. "In Search of a Voice: The Story of Vitezslava Kapralova." Journal of IAWM 2 (Fall 2003): 1-6. Reprinted in Kapralova Society Newsletter 1 (Fall 2003): 1-5.
________. "Kapralova as a Composer of the Week: The BBC Interview." Kapralova Society Journal 17, no. 1 (Spring 2019): 1-8. Reprinted in the Journal of Czech and Slovak Music 29 (2020).
________. "Kapralova at the Proms: The Bachtrack Interview." Kapralova Society Journal 22, no. 2 (Summer 2024): 10–13.
________. "Kapralova's correspondence with Otakar Sourek." Kapralova Society Journal 3, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 4-6.
________. "Kapralova's Fanfare for My Dad's 50th Birthday." Kapralova Society Journal 13, no. 2 (Fall 2015): 9-11.
________. "Kapralova's Piano Concerto in D Minor, op. 7." Kapralova Society Journal 10, no. 2 (Fall 2012): 7-9.
________. "The Centenary of Vitezslava Kapralova." Kapralova Society Journal 13, no. 1 (Spring 2015): 1-5. Reprinted in Czech Music Quarterly 1 (2015): 11-16, in Journal of IAWM 21, no. 1 (Spring 2015): 30-34,
in VivaVoce, no. 100 (Winter 2015): 8-12, in Martinu Revue 15, no. 2 (May-August 2015): 12–13 (part I) and no. 3 (September-December 2015): 14–15 (part II).
________. "The Life and Music of Vitezslava Kapralova. VivaVoce 87 (Summer 2010): 18-21.
________. „The Power of Advocacy in Music: The Case of Vitezslava Kapralova.“ Journal of Czech and Slovak Music 27 (2018): 4–32. Text available online.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova. A Life Chronology. Part I." Kapralova Society Newsletter 2, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 9-11.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova. A Life Chronology. Part II." Kapralova Society Journal 3, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 6, 10-11.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova. A Life Chronology. Part III." Kapralova Society Journal 4, no. 1 (Spring 2006): 6-11.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova. A Life Chronology. Part IV." Kapralova Society Journal 5, no. 1 (Spring 2007): 6-11.
________. "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 2, no. 1 (Fall 2003): 5-11.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova - skladatelka prvni republiky." FOKus 10 (April 2010): 8-9.
________. "Voice of an Artist: The Life and Music of Vitezslava Kapralova." Czech Music Quarterly 3 (2008): 13-20.
Henderson, George. "Mission to London—Kapralova's 'Military Sinfonietta'"
Off the tracks, 8 March 2022, https://offthetracks.co.nz/guest-post-mission-to-london-kapralovas-military-sinfonietta-by-george-henderson
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.
Hlavac, Jan. "Vitezslava Kapralova, 1915-1940." Vltava 4 (2014): 10-12.
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 39, no. 1 (2007): 16-19.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova jako Habova zacka?" Opus musicum 38, no. 4 (2006): 10-14.
Houtchens, Alan. "Love's Labour's Lost: Martinu, Kapralova and Hitler." In Irish Musical Studies 4, pp. 127-132. Edited by Patrick F. Devine & Harry White. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1996.
Reprinted in Kapralova Society Journal 3, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 1-4.
Janak, Jaromir. "Jen vzpominka na Vitezslavu Kapralovou." Hudebni rozhledy 28, no. 4 (1975): 168-69.
Jandura, Tereza. "Kapralova's Jablko s klina, op. 10." Kapralova Society Journal 9, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 1-11.
Jirku, Irena. "Rudolf Kundera or a Czech story from France." Bohuslav Martinu Newsletter 5, no. 1 (January-March 2005): 10-11
Kabelac, Miloslav and Berta Kabelacova. "Vzpominka na Vitezslavu Kapralovou." Hudebni veda 36, 2-3 (1999): 390.
Kapral, Josef. "Tri Studne anno 1998 a Dopis z roku 1940." Opus Musicum 30, no. 4-5 (1998): 169-172.
Kapusta, Jan. "Bohuslav Martinu v roce 1938." Hudebni veda 19, no.2 (1982): 162-175.
Kilic, Lenka. "Vitezslava Kapralova: ... byt verny idealum krasy a pravdy ..." Slovenska hudba, 38, no. 3 (2012): 282-300.
Kostas, Martin. "An Analysis of Compositional Methods Applied in Kapralova's Cantata Ilena, op. 15." Kapralova Society Journal 10, no. 1 (Spring 2012): 1-6.
Koukl, Giorgio. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Two Dances for Piano, op. 23 (1940). An attempt at reconstruction of the autograph." Kapralova Society Journal 18, no. 1 (2020): 8–12.
Kuna, Milan. "Korespondence Bohuslava Martinu Vaclavu Talichovi 1924-1939." Hudebni veda 7, no. 2 (1970): 212-247.
Kundera, Ludvik. "Odesel Vaclav Kapral..." Tempo 8 (1947): 242.
Kux, Jan. "Na dobry zivot staci i kratky cas." Opus Musicum 32, no. 3 (2000): 64-68.
Latour, Michelle. "Kapralova's song Leden." Kapralova Society Journal 9, no. 1 (2011): 1-4.
________. "Kapralova's Vteriny, op. 18," Kapralova Society Journal 10, no. 1 (Spring 2012): 7-10.
Lienhard, Daniel. "Vitezslava Kapralova." FMF Bulletin, no. 3 (2011): 1-3.
________. "Von kompositorischem Wagemut erfullt." Schweizer Musikzeitung 18, no. 10/11 (2015): 36.
Mabary, Judith. "Vitezslava Kapralova and the Benefits of Advocacy." Kapralova Society Journal 13, no. 2 (Fall 2015): 1-6.
Macek, Jiri. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Hudebni rozhledy, no. 1 (2015).
Mayrova, Katerina. "Correspondence of Bohuslav Martinu in the Music History Department of the Moravian Museum in Brno." Bohuslav Martinu Newsletter, 4, no. 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
Kapralova Society Journal 6, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 1-5.
________. "O cem si psali Otakar Sourek a Bohuslav Martinu." Harmonie 4 (2003): 17-21.
________. "Z archivu Moravskeho zemskeho muzea. Korespondence Bohuslava Martinu." Harmonie 10 (2004): 26-27.
Mihule, Jaroslav. "O podivnych laskach Jiriho Muchy." Opus Musicum 31, no. 1 (1999): 66-68.
Mlejnek, Karel. "Zlomeny talent." Hudebni novinky (January-February 1965): 8-9.
Nemcova, Alena. "A Song Prematurely Cut Short." Music News from Prague 2-3 (1990): 10.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova a Jan Novak - dva moravsti zaci Bohuslava Martinu." Opus Musicum 23, no. 6 (1991): 190-193. Reprinted in English translation as "Vitezslava Kapralova and Jan Novak: Two of Martinu's Moravian Pupils"
in Czech Music 21 (1999/2000): 174-180.
Paige, Diane M. "Kapralova and the Muses: Understanding the Qualified Composer." Kapralova Society Journal 10, no. 2 (Fall 2012): 1-6.
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 38, no. 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).
Pivoda, Ondrej. "Pavel Haas a Vitezslava Kapralova. Dokumenty valecnych let." Harmonie 3 (2018): 24-27.
Popelka, Isa. "Abych sel svou cestou dal. Z dopisu Vladimira Helferta Vaclavu Kapralovi." Opus Musicum 7, no. 10 (1975): 315-316.
Przezdziek, Angelika. "Vitezslava Kapralova, dama muzyki czeskiej." Muzyka21, 1 (2005): 26-27.
Rajnohova, Alice. "Klavirni dilo Vitezslavy Kapralove." Opus musicum 46, no. 6 (2014): 62-74.
________. "Klavirni dilo Vitezslavy Kapralove." Pianissimo, no. 4 (2014): 12-18.
Raus, Jakub. "Brno, Praha, Pariz - hudebni a lidske cesty Vitezslavy Kapralove." Magazin Ceske filharmonie 2 (2014).
Schaefer, Theodor. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Hudebni rozhledy 8, no. 1 (1955): 36.
Settari, Olga. "L'oeuvre pour piano de Vitezslava Kapralova." Cahier du Mouvement Janacek 13-14 (April 1991): 36-40.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova's Piano Compositions" Kapralova Society Journal 5, no. 1 (2007): 1-5, 11.
Stepanek, Vladimir. "Vitezslava Kapralova." Hudebni rozhledy 18, no. 1 (1965): 20-21.
Stilec, Jiri. "Mladi prozarene talentem." Gramorevue 21, no. 1 (1985): 6.
Terian, Gregory. "Voices from the past." Bohuslav Martinu Newsletter 8, no. 3 (September-December 2008): 6-7.
Tuckova, Eva. "Vitezslava Kapralova a jeji zhudebneni poezie Vitezslava Nezvala." Opus musicum 42, no. 4 (2010)
Uher, Jindrich. "Kratka pisnicka. Skica k portretu Vitezslavy Kapralove." Opus Musicum 19, no. 3 (1987): 73-78.
Vejvarova, Michaela. "Posledni orchestralni skladba Vitezslavy Kapralove." Opus Musicum, 36, no. 2 (2004): 2-7.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova's Last Concertino." Czech Music 4 (2001): 6-7.
Vesela, Terezie. "Violoncellova literatura na brnenske hudebni scene v 1. polovine 20. stoleti." Teoreticke reflexe hudebni vychovy 9, no. 2 (2013): 15-20.
Vojtiskova, Lenka. "B. Martinu svym pratelum." Hudebni rozhledy 10, no. 18 (1957): 773.
Weigl, Hanus. "Rejoicing in the memories of Vitezslava Kapralova." Kapralova Society Newsletter 2, no. 1 (2004): 5-6.
Wurz, Matthias. "Skladatele v exilu: Georg Tintner and Vitezslava Kapralova." Trans. N. Zlamalova. Opus Musicum 34, no. 1 (2002): 22-29.
Book reviews in music journals
Bartova, Jindra. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Dopisy domu. Korespondence rodicum z let 1935-1940." Book review. Hudebni rozhledy 3 (2016).
Flasarova, Jolana and Martin Flasar. "Nicolas Derny: Vitezslava Kapralova. Portrait musical et amoureux." Book review. Opus musicum 47, no. 4 (2015): 118-19.
Hola, Monika. "The Kapralova Companion." Book review. Opus Musicum 44, no. 5 (2012): 114-116.
Latour, Michelle. "Karla Hartl, Erik Entwistle, eds: The Kapralova Companion." Book review. Journal for the International Alliance for Women in Music 18, no. 2 (Fall 2012): 32-33. Reprinted in Kapralova Society Journal 11, no. 2 (Fall 2013): 11.
Mabary, Judith. "The Women in Music Anthology." Book review. Kapralova Society Journal 20, no. 2 (2022): 22–23. Reprinted in the IAWM Journal, 28, no. 3 (2022): 30–31.
Mihule, Jaroslav. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Dopisy domu. Korespondence rodicum z let 1935-1940." Book review. Opus musicum 47, no. 6 (2015): 102-103.
________. "Vitezslava Kapralova: Dopisy domu, Dopisy laskam, Dopisy pratelum." Book review. Hudebni veda 54, no. 3 (2017): 363-64.
Steinmetz, Karel. "Karla Hartl, ed. Vitezslava Kapralova: tematicky katalog a korespondence s nakladateli. Toronto-Praha: The Kapralova Society & Cesky rozhlas, 2020;
Karla Hartl, ed. Kauza Kapralova v dobove korespondennci a dokumentech. Toronto-Praha: The kapralova Society & nakl. Klic, 2021. Book review. Muzikologicke forum 11, no. 1–2 (2022): 172–74.
Suiter, Wendy. "The Women in Music Anthology." Book review. Kapralova Society Journal 21, no. 1 (Winter 2023): 13–14.
Vackova, Barbora. "Karla Hartl, ed. Vitezslava Kapralova: tematicky katalog skladeb a korespondence s nakladateli. / Karla Hartl, ed. Kauza Kapralova v dobove korespondenci a dokumentech." Book Review. Hudebni veda 59, no. 1 (2022): 131–35.
For all reviews, both historical and contemporary, visit this section of our website.
Articles in other periodicals (a selection)
Bednarova, Vera. "O rodicich Vitezslavy Kapralove." Kulturni zpravy 1, no. 4 (1992): 27.
________. "Rodinny kruh Vaclava Kaprala." Stafeta 11, no. 2 (1979): 7-9.
Fukac, Jiri. "Jubileum Vitezslavy Kapralove." Rovnost, June 19, 1960, 5.
Fukacova, Jitka. "Kapralovych Tri Studne." Rovnost, 191 (1960): 5.
Hartl, Karla. "Unikatni Vitezslava Kapralova." Tydenik Rozhlas 50 (December 2011): 16-17.
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.
Kapral, Josef. "Martinu a rodina Kapralova." Zpravy spolecnosti Bohuslava Martinu no. 35 (October 2013): 69–72.
Labhart, Walter. "Ich will es den Männern zeigen!" bz nordwestschweiz Basel November 26, 2015.
________. "Ich will es den Männern zeigen! Martinus Kompositionsschülerin Vitezslava Kapralova." Neue Zürcher Zeitung, December 8/9, 1990, 69.
________. "Ich will es den Männern zeigen! Zum morgigen 50. Todestag der tschechischen Komponistin Vitezslava Kapralova." Badener Tagblatt, June 15, 1990.
________. "Partita von Vitezslava Kapralova. Schweizerische Erstauffuhrung." Zürcher Tagblatt, October 15, 1992.
Lukes, Jan. "Misto recenze: rozhovor. Nakladatelstvi Melantrich vydava novou knihu Jiriho Muchy."Svobodne slovo, September 19, 1987.
Macek, Jiri. "Predcasne odesly talent ceske hudby." Zpravy Spolecnosti Bohuslava Martinu 26 (2003): 28-33.
Marecek, Lubos. "Kapralove skladba zaznela poprve." MF Dnes, February 23, 2001, 3.
Mrackova, Jarmila. "Hudebni skladatele v Kralove Poli." Kralovopolske listy 12 (2005): 13.
________. "Ste vyroci narozeni skladatelky a dirigentky Vitezslavy Kapralove." Kralovopolske listy 1 (2015): 7.
Mucha, Jiri. "Na prahu tmy." Svobodne Slovo, September 28, 1985.
Novotny, Jan. "Nedozite vyroci Vitezslavy Kapralove." Lidove noviny, January 22, 1965.
Palenicek, Josef. "Cas nastupu a parizska leta." Kvety, July 20, 1989.
"Prvni ceska skladatelka." Pravda, June 12, 1975, 5.
"Skladatelka bohate invence." Lidova demokracie, June 14, 1980, 5.
Smahel, Frantisek. "Hudba v Ceske akademii ved a umeni." Akademicky bulletin, 1 (2006).
________. "Obnovena tradice. Akademie ved Ceske republiky–Ceska filharmonie. RudolfinumRevue, 1 (2005–2006): 5.
Stritecky, Jaroslav. "Znovuobjeveni zmarenych." Rovnost, January 21, 1965.
Suchanek, Jiri. "Polozapomenuty osud brigadniho generala Bohumila Kaprala" Historie a vojenství 66, no. 4 (2017): 54–69. Dostupne v Digitalni studovne Ministerstva obrany CR
Uher, Jindrich. "Koreny rodu." Kulturni zpravy 2, no. 3 (1993): 8.
________. "Ona a Martinu aneb problemy popularizace." Zpravy Spolecnosti Bohuslava Martinu, 21 (1996): 17-23.
Vach, Ota. "Nove pouto k Francii." Pravo lidu, November 28, 1946, 3.
Vackova, Jirina. "Ceske skladatelky." Svet mladych zen 5 (1946-47): 69.
Vavrdova, Jarmila. "O Vitezslave Kapralove." Rovnost, June 30, 1968, 5.
Veber, Petr. "Cely zivot hudbe." Prace, January 26, 1985, 8.
Vesela, Alena. "Vzpominka na Vitezslavu Kapralovou." Zpravodaj SPH pri SF Brno (January 2005): 2. Reprinted in Zpravy Spolecnosti Bohuslava Martinu, 29 (2006): 42-44.
“V. Kaprálová, devce-dirigent a hudební skladatel.” Signed –jpk-. A-Zet Ceské slovo, 12 December 1937, 10.
Vojtiskova, Lenka. "Nase Vitezslava Kapralova." November 1947, source unknown [The Lenka Vojtiskova Papers, National Museum, Czech Museum of Music].
________. "Za Vitezslavou Kapralovou." Rada zen 14 (1945).
Zajickova, Eva. "Klarinetista objevil skladbu Vitky Kapralove." MF Dnes, February 9, 2001, 3.
Mentions in music history books, biographies, anthologies, dictionaries, and guides
Berkovec, Jiri. "DM 5649. Vitezslava Kapralova, Vojenska symfonietta." In Poslouchejte s nami II. Edited by Karel Mlejnek et al., 539-40. Prague: Statni hudebni vydavatelstvi, 1965.
Blankenburg, Elke Mascha. Dirigentinnen im 20. Jahrhundert. Hamburg: Europaische Verlagsanstalt, 2003.
Blumlova, Miriam. "Women composers in the Czech lands durint the 20th century." In: Composing Women. Femininity and Wiews on Cultures,
Gender and Music of Southeastern Europe since 1918, edited by Elfried Reissing and Leon Stefanija, 325–340. Vienna: Hollitzer Verlag, 2022.
Campitelli, Vilma, ed. Compendium Musicae Flauta. Barcellona-Pozzo Di Gotto, Sicilia: Edizioni Smasher, 2018.
Cheek, Timothy. Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire. 1st edition. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2001, 144-45.
Cernusak, Gracian. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Ceskoslovensky hudebni slovnik osob a instituci. Edited by Gracian Cernusak, Bohumir Stedron, and Zdenko Novacek, 644–45. Prague: Statni hudebni vydavatelstvi, 1963.
___________. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Pazdirkuv hudebni slovnik naucny. Edited by Oldrich Pazdirek, Vladimir Helfert, Gracian Cernusak, 524. Brno: Ol. Pazdirek, 1937.
Cohen, Aaron I. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. New York: Books & Music, 1987.
Dees, Pamela Youngdahl. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Piano Music by Women Composers, Volume II, 111. Westport CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004.
Erismann, Guy. Martinu: Un musicien a l'eveil des sources. Paris: Actes Sud, 1990 (multiple mentions: 160-61, 168-69, 172-94, 247, 253-54).
Fischer, Lisa. Marsch der Frauen: ungehorige Komponistinnen zwischen Aussbruch, Bruch et Exil. Vienna: Wien Mokka, 2016, 89-101.
Frankova, Jana et al. Brnenska setkani s Bohuslavem Martinu. Brno: MZK, 2020, 238, 241–247.
Freeman Brown, Emily. A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, 175–76.
Gardavsky, Cenek. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Contemporary Czechoslovak Composers. Prague: Panton, 1965.
Hartl, Karla. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." Cesky hudebni slovnik osob a instituci. 4 September 2019, ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz.
Helfert, Vladimir. Ceska moderni hudba. Olomouc: Index, 1936, 158.
Jiranek, Jaroslav and Josef Bek, eds. Dejiny ceske hudebni kultury 1890-1945 [2]. Prague: 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.
Konzervator Brno. Sbornik k padesatemu vyroci trvani prvni moravske odborne umelecke skoly. Brno: Konzervator Brno, 1969, konzervatorbrno.cz/stred/skola/historie/fukac.htm
Kuban , Josef. "Vitezslav Novak a prazska konzervator." In: Narodni umelec Vitezslav Novak. Studie a vzpominky k 100. vyroci narozeni. Ed. Karel Padrta and Bohumir Stedron, 191-202. Ceske Budejovice: Jihoceske muzeum, 1972.
Kundera, Ludvik. Vaclav Kapral. Brno: Blok, 1968 (multiple mentions: 38-39, 43-44, 59-60, 77, 92-95, 97).
Kvasnickova, Petra. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Edited by Ludwig Finscher, 1473. 2nd ed. Kassel: Baerenreiter, 2003.
Large, Brian. Martinu. London: Duckworth, 1975, 70-80.
Linka, Arne. Hudebni skladatel Theodor Schaefer. Brno: Georgetown, 2002 (multiple mentions: 22-23, 42, 45, 55, 72, 86, 92-93, 99, 102-5, 136).
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.
________. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Edited by Stanley Sadie and Rhian Samuel, 245–46. New York and London: W.W.Norton and Company, 1994.
Melville-Mason, Graham. "Martinu in England." In Aspekte der Music, Kunst und Religion zur Zeit der Tschechischen Moderne, edited by Ales Brezina and Eva Velicka, 201-16. Bern: Lang, 2009.
Mihule, Jaroslav. Bohuslav Martinu: Profil zivota a dila. Prague: Editio Supraphon, 1974, 95-110.
________. Martinu: Osud skladatele. Prague: Karolinum, 2002 (multiple mentions: 252, 263-67, 273-77, 279-80, 287-88, 290-91, 295-96, 298, 301, 303-8, 344, 463, 506, 566-68).
Munch, Charles. I Am a Conductor. Trans. Leonard Burkat. New York: Oxford University Press, 1955.
Pechacek, Stanislav. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In Ceska sborova tvorba 1800-1950. Prague: PFUK, 2002.
Pohl, Richard. Rudolf Firkusny. Umelecky a osobnostni vyvoj ceskeho pianisty a skladatele do roku 1948. Brno: JAMU, 2016 (multiple mentions: 184-89, 209, 215-19).
Popelka, Isa, ed. Bohuslav Martinu. Dopisy domu. Prague: Mlada Fronta, 1996 (61).
________. Vaclav Kapral. Prague: Editio Supraphon, 1977, 49-50.
Rentsch, I. "Vitezslava Kapralova" In Lexikon Musik und Gender. Edited by A. Kreutziger-Herr and M. Unseld, 302-3. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2010.
Safranek, Milos. Bohuslav Martinu: Domov, hudba a svet. Prague: SHV, 1966 (multiple mentions: 15, 68-70, 282, 305-28).
________. Bohuslav Martinu: His Life and Works. London: Allan Wingate, 1962 (multiple mentions: 134, 179-92, 208, 269).
________. Bohuslav Martinu: Zivot a dilo. Prague: Statni hudebni vydavatelstvi, 1961 (multiple mentions: 211-17, 278-79).
________. Divadlo Bohuslava Martinu. Prague: Editio Supraphon, 1979, 83-85.
Simon, Robert C. Bohuslav Martinu: A Research and Information. New York: Rouledge, 2014.
Slonimsky, Nicolas. Music Since 1900. New York: Schirmer Books, 1994, 425.
Smaczny, Jan. "Kapralova, Vitezslava." In The Oxford Companion to Music. Edited by Alison Latham. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Smolka, Jaroslav. Ceska hudba naseho stoleti. Prague: SHN, 1961, 103-4.
________. Dejiny hudby. Prague: TOGGA, 2001, 608.
________. 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.
Tausky, Vilem. Vilem Tausky Tells His Story. London: Stainer and Bell, 1979, 52-56.
Zouhar, Zdenek, ed. Bohuslav Martinu. Sbornik vzpominek a studii. Brno: KNB, 1957 (multiple mentions: 19-21, 39, 119-36).
Mentions in other books
Fuchs, Ales. Dlouha svatebni cesta. (A biography of Hugo Haas.) Prague: Faun, 1997, 78-79.
Hola, Monika. Kresby Bohuslava Martinu. Policka: Centrum Bohuslava Martinu, 2018, 152-57.
Hronek, Jiri. Byl jsem pritom, kdyz se hroutil svet. Prague: Novinar, 1986.
Hrusa, Jakub. Hrusa o Martinu. Prague: International Martinu Circle, 2020, 68–74.
Jirku, Irena. Rendez-vous s Rudolfem Kunderou. Prague: LISTEN, 1999, 43-53.
Jurman, Hynek. Ozveny vysociny: 7. dil. Pisnicky nasich strani. Stepanov, 1993.
Laznicka, Miloslav. Hradistska idyla Vaclava Kaprala. Uherske Hradiste: Cesky svaz protifasistickych bojovniku, 1988, 11-12, 22-23.
Martinu, Charlotte. Muj zivot s Bohuslavem Martinu. Prague: Editio Supraphon, 1978, 51-52, 55.
Pecman, Rudolf. Prameny hudby dneska. Hrst kapitol. Brno: Koncertni oddeleni Parku kultury a oddechu, 1989, 80-86.
Safranek, Milos. Setkani po padesati letech. Prague: Torst, 2006, 219-20.
Sayer, Derek. Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century. A Surrealist History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013, 344-55.
Sopovova, Jolana. Jiri Mucha. Prague: Jolana Sopovova, 2011, 58-85.
Srba, Borivoj. Muzy v exilu. Kulturni a umelecke activity cs. exulantu v Londyne v predvecer a v prubehu druhe svetove valky 1939–1945. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003 (Chapter 3).
Tonder, Ivo & Ladislav Sitensky. Na nebi i v pekle. Plzen: Mustang, 1997, 63-65.
Vesela, Alena. Z rejstriku pameti. Brno: JAMU, 2013, 25–28.
Unpublished texts
Chevy, Patrice. Martinu a Paris. Unpublished manuscript. Bohuslav Martinu Enthusiasts, Facebook file.
Trnka, Jaroslav. Vzpominky na valecnou dobu ve Francii 1939-1940. Unpublished manuscript. National Archives in Prague.
Vojtiskova, Lenka. Posledni dny Vitezky Kapralove. Unpublished manuscript. National Museum–Czech Museum of Music in Prague.
Fiction (Krasna literatura)
Mucha, Jiri. Studene slunce. Autobiographical novel. Praha: Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1968.
________. Podivne lasky. Autobiographical novel. Praha: Mlada fronta, 1988 (1st edition). Praha: Eminent, 2004 (2nd edition).
________. Au seuil de la nuit. French translation of Podivne lasky. Transl. by Francoise and Karel Tabery. Editions de L'Aube, 1991.
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Karla Hartl © 1998-2025. A bibliography in progress.