Introduction

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SOKOL POSTCARDS
and Poster Stamps

Ed Krejsa

   

   

On the 1901 and USA pages I show images sent me by Cleveland Sokol member Ted Krejsa, of three postcards handed down to him from his grandfather, Ed Krejsa, who was studying music at the Prague Conservatory in 1901 during the IV. All-Sokol Slet of that year. As I was adding the cards to my web pages, I asked Google about "Ed Krejsa of Cleveland," and found two interesting links.

The first is a mention of him in "Czechoslovak Art and Literature in America. By Dr. Jaroslav E. S. Vojan," a pamphlet published in 1933, which mentions that "Ed Krejsa of Cleveland" was a pupil of Antonin Dvořák. That's impressive.

The second link, to the U.S. Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Volume 11, Issue 2, 1916, has two entries about Ed Krejsa, one saying that he had been granted the copyright to a musical composition "Elfin Polka," and the other noting his copyright to a song titled Hubička. I thought that second song might be the piece he wrote for the 1915 Slet (see below), but Ted pointed out that Hubička means "The Kiss," so that's not likely.

I asked Ted what else he knew about his grandfather, and here was his reply:

My grandfather did study composition under Dvořák in Prague and before that in New York. He published s few things on his own, mostly studies for students, once he was back in Cleveland. He studied the violin under Otakar Ševčík in Prague, but also had to study piano and organ as part of his program. He was in NY briefly with a violin studio on Broadway, but returned to Cleveland and started a family. He taught violin and voice and directed the Czech singing society here for 35 years. For this he wrote several small pieces. They performed The Bartered Bride every year, plus many other things. He wrote a string quartet, which we have, but much was lost before my time. He even wrote a song for the opening of the Croatian slet here in 1915, with someone else writing the lyrics. Rudolf Friml, whom he knew from the conservatory, tried to get him to come to California to write popular music for films, but he was dedicated to classical music.

As I told Ted, and he agreed, it's these stories that are the best part about these cards, and finding them is always a pleasure.

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1931
1932 - IX
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938 - X
1939
1943 - London
1946
1947
1948 - XI
1948 - Rudé Právo labels
1951
1989
1990
1994 - XII
1996
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