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Vítězslava Kaprálová ((:ˈvɪ.tjɛ.sla.va ka.ˈpra:.lo.va:))〔Forvo〕 (January 24, 1915June 16, 1940) was a Czech composer and conductor. ==Life== Vítězslava Kaprálová was born in Brno, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Czech Republic), a daughter of composer Václav Kaprál and singer Viktorie Kaprálová. In 1930-1935 she studied composition with Vilém Petrželka and conducting with Zdeněk Chalabala at the Brno Conservatory. She continued her musical education with Vítězslav Novák (1935–37) and Václav Talich (1935-36) in Prague and with Bohuslav Martinů, Charles Munch (1937–39), and, according to some sources, with Nadia Boulanger (1940) in Paris.〔(The Kapralova Society )〕〔The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, pp.245-46.〕〔Macek, p. 193-94〕 In 1937 she conducted the Czech Philharmonic and a year later the BBC Symphony Orchestra in her composition ''Military Sinfonietta,'' to much critical acclaim. Her husband was the Czech writer Jiří Mucha, whom she married two months before she died.〔 Despite her untimely death, allegedly from miliary tuberculosis, in Montpellier, France at the age of 25, Kaprálová created an impressive body of work. There is no doubt that, had she lived, she would have become one of the most important women composers in Europe.〔Hartog, p.322〕 Her music was admired by Rafael Kubelík, who premiered her orchestral song ''Waving Farewell'' and also conducted her other orchestral works. Among the many interpreters of her piano music was the esteemed Rudolf Firkušný, for whom Kaprálová composed her best known piano work ''Dubnová preludia'' (April Preludes).〔 In 1946, in appreciation of her distinctive contribution, the foremost academic institution in the country - the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Arts - awarded Kaprálová membership ''in memoriam''. By 1948 this honour was bestowed on only 10 women, out of 648 members of the Academy.〔Sayer, p.343〕 The only English biography of the composer was published in 2011 by Lexington Books in the United States. The book also includes a complete, annotated catalog of her works. She was "Composer of the Week" on BBC Radio 3 from Monday 12th Oct to Fri 16th Oct 2015, a set of five one hour programs playing her music and discussing her life.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06gqfvk )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vítězslava Kaprálová」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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