Vítězslava Kaprálová - Three piano pieces, Op. 9 + Grotesque Passacaglia
| Publisher | AMOS Editio, s.r.o. |
| Genre: |
music for music school
classical & sacret |
| Arrangement: | piano |
| Cast: | solo |
| Difficulty: | Advanced |
| Format: | book |
| Series: | Czech composer |
Parameters
| Product code: | AM0060 |
| Composer: | Kaprálová, Vítězslava |
| Author / Editor: | Němec, Věroslav |
| No. of songs: | 4 |
| Pages: | 34 |
| Language: |
English
Czech |
| Size: | 23 x 31 cm |
| ISMN: | 979-0-66057-058-6 |
| Weight: | 200 g |
Songlist (4)
- Preludium
- Račí Kánon
- Scherzová Passacaglia
- Groteskní Passacaglia
Product description
The two works by Kaprálová, included in this publication, have much in common. In October 1935, Kaprálová embarked on her studies under Vítězslav Novák at the Prague Conservatory. Her first accomplishment was Grotesque Passacaglia, a composition for piano with which the self-assured young composer entered a competition of the contemporary music journal Tempo. The work placed first in the competition, and, as a result, it was published the following year. On Novák’s advice, however, Kaprálová further revisited the score, finalizing it under the title of Scherzo Passacaglia. This revised (mainly expanded) work was included with two compositions that followed – Prelude and Crab Canon – in Three Piano Pieces, op. 9. Unlike the Grotesque Passacaglia, however, these remarkable pieces remained for a long time unpublished, and they are being made available for the first time in our edition.
Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915 - 1940) was a Czech composer and conductor of the first half of the 20th century. She came from a musical family; her father, Václav Kaprál, was a composer and her mother, Vítězslava Kaprálová, née Uhlířová, was a singing teacher. From childhood she showed exceptional musical talent. She studied composition with Vilém Petrželka at the Brno Conservatory and conducting with Zdeněk Chalabala. After graduating, she continued her studies at the Prague Conservatoire's master school under Vítězslav Novák and Václav Talich. Thanks to a French state scholarship, she went to Paris in 1937, where she studied conducting with Charles Munch and composition privately with Bohuslav Martinů. Despite the short time allotted to Kaprálová (she died at the age of 25 of tuberculosis), she managed to compose some forty extremely valuable compositions (piano, chamber, orchestral, vocal) and her music was already highly appreciated during her lifetime. In 1946 the Czech Academy of Sciences awarded her membership in memoriam in recognition of her contribution to Czech music.
