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two ensembles in Act 1, ‘A vy, muzikanti, jděte dom’ and ‘Každý párek si musí svoje
trápení přestát’, and further suggests two short cuts, one of two bars, the other of
three, in Act 1 Scene 7. Earlier in the letter, Hrazdira indicates that, as he is still
waiting for the copy of the full score from the composer, he is making do in his
preparations with the piano reduction (‘Prozatím mi stačí kl. výtah.’): by this he must
have meant ŠVS, for it is in this that his suggestions appear to have been entered. 41
As described above (§2.1), ŠVS contains many extensive cuts, mostly
indicated in bold red pencil. 42 However, an examination of the passages specified in
Hrazdira’s letter shows that his more limited cuts were suggested by lightly pencilled
‘vi-de’ markings (using a normal lead pencil) which were then reinforced in bolder
pencil (likewise lead); these cuts were evidently made at some time before the more
numerous and extensive red pencil excisions. In fact, the ‘red’ cuts must have been
made between late 1906 and December 1907, when Janáček handed over the vocal
score for publication by the Klub přátel umění. 43 Closer examination of ŠVS suggests
that, as well as those passages specifically mentioned in his letter of 11 July, Hrazdira
may have proposed further cuts (perhaps feeling emboldened by a positive response to
his written suggestions), including some in Act 2, since these too are indicated in the
same neat, light pencil. Most of Hrazdira’s suggestions were accepted by Janáček,
although traces of rubbed-out pencil marks indicate that a few were rejected — some
permanently, others only to be made again at a later stage (see APPENDIX IV, cuts (i)–
(v)).
41 Whether or not there was other vocal material for the early performances of Jenůfa (i.e. before the
publication in 1908 of KPU), it is clear from the many alterations, corrections and annotations that ŠVS
served as the main vocal material in the years 1904–6.
42 These are the cuts listed by Štědroň in ZGJ, 85.
43 These ‘red’ cuts include changes corresponding to those made to ŠFS by January 1907: Janáček
made a note at the end of Act 2 of ŠFS, ‘Opraveno 10/1 1907’ (see §2.1, ŠFS).
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