Zápisník zmizelého, or (The) Diary of One Who Disappeared, is a half-hour Czech-language quasi-operatic song cycle for tenor, alto, three other women's voices and piano completed in 1919 by Leoš Janáček.
The diary made a deep impression on Leoš Janáček, a cooperator on Lidové noviny at that time, and he decided to rework it into a song cycle.
"[2] The song cycle received its first performance in the small Reduta Theatre in the Moravian capital Brno on 18 April 1921 under the title Diary of One Who Disappeared and Was Never Heard of Again.
The tenor part was performed by Karel Zavřel, the alto by Ludmila Kvapilová-Kudláčková, and the pianist was Janáček student Břetislav Bakala, also a conductor.
Otherwise there are these: In 2012 the German pianist Lars David Kellner [de] recorded the first version of the piano solo (XIII), based on the composer's manuscript: LC 05699 CD.