Bedrich Vaska Papers Bedrich Vaska Papers, 1875-1978 | Special Collections & University Archives: Finding Aid Database
Title: Bedrich Vaska Papers, 1875-1978
ID: MS-0262
Created by: Vaska, Bedrich (1879-1979)
Arrangement: The collection is arranged chronologically.
Extent: 2.5 Linear Feet
Other Note: Bedrich Vaska's family tree is available in the Louis A. Kenney Reading Room.
Show Subjects (links to similar collections) Show Forms of Material (links to similar genres)Scope and Contents: The collection primarily consists of correspondence, but it also includes postcards, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Especially notable is Vaska's explanation of Bedrich Smetana's innermost, most personal feelings of "Ma Vlast," which Vaska used to better explain the scores to performing musicians. This "From My Life" is written in Vaska's hand in Czech, Finnish, German, French, and Polish languages, as he conducted "Ma Vlast" in those countries.
Most of the correspondence is written in Czech, but some is also written in German, Russian, Polish, Dutch, French, Yugoslavian, English, Hungarian, Ukrainian, and Finnish.
Most of the correspondence is written in Czech, but some is also written in German, Russian, Polish, Dutch, French, Yugoslavian, English, Hungarian, Ukrainian, and Finnish.