Previous posts for January 24th are here: Frederick the Second; E. T. A. Hoffmann (2020), E. T. A. Hoffmann (2021), Vítězslava Kaprálová (2022), Farinelli (2023), and Ray Stevens (2024)
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Vítězslava Kaprálová (24 January 1915 – 16 June 1940) was a Czech composer and conductor.
Heroic Elegy for One Dying Too Young: Vítězslava Kaprálová
Raise your voice, let praise be sung
To honor her who died too young.
Alas, she died at twenty-five!
How cruel of Fate to thus deprive
The world of all that should have come
From such a talent, who, in sum,
Had early shown sufficient promise
To silence any doubting Thomas.
Raise your voice in mournful song,
And let laments be loud and long,
And curse the gods who did this wrong.
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