Overview of the Collection
Biographical Information:
Access Terms
Administrative Information
Arrangement of Materials:
Scope and Contents
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Bedrich Vaska Papers
Dates: 1875-1978
Identification: MS-0262
Creator:
Vaska, Bedrich, 1879-1979
Physical Description: 2.50 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
French
German
Russian
Polish
Dutch;Flemish
Serbian
Croatian
Hungarian
Ukrainian
Finnish
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Note:
Other Information:
Bedrich Vaska's family tree is available in the Louis A. Kenney Reading Room.
Biographical Information:
Cellist Bedrich Vaska was a native of Czechoslovakia who resided in the United States from 1911 until his death in 1978. He
was a pupil of Antonin Dvorak, and studied at the Prague Conservatory where he met three other pupils of Dvorak -- Oscar Nedbal,
Josef Suk, and Vitezslav Novak. Vaska became the last living pupil of Dvorak. He was the founder of, and had a long association
with the Sevcik Quartet, 1899-1911.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Genre/Form of Material:
Personal Papers
Publications
Personal Name:
Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884. Má vlast
Vaska, Bedrich, 1879-1979 -- Archives
Vaska, Bedrich, 1879-1979 -- Correspondence
Title:
Violoncellists -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography -- Sources
Violoncellists -- Czechoslovakia -- Correspondence
Violoncellists -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
Violoncellists -- United States -- Correspondence
Administrative Information
Accruals:
December 1986
Conditions Governing Use:
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Bedrich Vaska Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Library
and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Related Materials:
Lida Brodenova Papers
Jan Lowenbach Papers
Arrangement of Materials:
The collection is arranged chronologically.
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.