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Type of the document	Letter
Sender	Kaprálová, Vítězslava
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Sender‘s location	Paris
Note on Sender‘s location	[Paris]
Send date	24.05.1939
Send date note	[May 24, 1939]
Recipient	Kaprálová, Vítězslava st.
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Note on Recipient‘s location	[Brno?]
Language	Czech
Acquired	copy from Karla Hartl edition: Vítězslava Kaprálová, Dopisy domů. Korespondence rodičům z let 1935-1940; 2019
Call number at IBM	KapV 1939-05-24

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Yesterday Vítězslava Kaprálová sent her parents a sketch for the song cycle Zpíváno do dálky, Op. 22 on texts by [Viktor] Kripner. Elegie was performed yesterday with success, but the VK is considering withdrawing it from the repertoire. A composer who studied with Manuello de Falla [Rosa García Ascot?] sat next to her and wondered why VK didn't want to know about Elegy. A letter from America came to VK with various recommendations, including that only as a scholarship holder could her stay be best arranged, otherwise it would be too risky. VK did not reach the Director of the American Foundation [?] today, but she is reported there tomorrow. Ruda Firkušný is in Paris again and apologised to her for the April Preludes [which VK dedicated to him and which he has not yet played] - they are too influenced by Bohuslav Martinů, too emotional, too feminine, etc., according to him. Although he is to play them at his next concert, VK is still considering cancelling the dedication. VK describes his circle of friends and how he learns to shoot at the fair at the Invalides. BM has received a telegram to come [to CSR] that his mother is dying. He cannot, however, because he does not know if he could get back [to France]. VK sends greetings from Vera Uhlirova and BM.

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published in: HARTL, Karla (ed.): Vítězslava Kaprálová, Dopisy domů. Korespondence rodičům z let 1935-1940, The Kapralova Society, Toronto 2015, ISBN 978-0-9940425-0-7, pg. 246-247

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