Karel Husa (August 7, 1921 – December 14, 2016) was a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993...
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inspired music and literature including the work of Václav Havel, Karel Husa, Karel Kryl and Milan Kundera's novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being....
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String Quartet No. 3 is a composition for string quartet by the composer Karel Husa. It was first performed on October 14, 1968, at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago...
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educator. He premiered several works by contemporary composers including Karel Husa, William Thomas McKinley, and Burr Van Nostrand, and was the first to...
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electronic tape 1968: George Crumb, Echoes of Time and the River 1969: Karel Husa, String Quartet No. 3 1970: Charles Wuorinen, Time's Encomium 1971: Mario...
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Donald Grantham Edward Gregson John Harbison Samuel Hazo Kenneth Hesketh Karel Husa Yasuhide Ito Scott Lindroth Scott McAllister W. Francis McBeth James MacMillan...
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Music for Prague 1968 (category Compositions by Karel Husa)
for Prague 1968 is a programmatic work written by Czech-born composer Karel Husa for symphonic band and later transcribed for full orchestra, written shortly...
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Ištvan (1928–1990) Luboš Fišer (1935–1999) Elena Petrová (1929–2002) Karel Husa (1921–2016) Ilja Hurník (1922–2013) Viktor Kalabis (1923–2006) Zdeněk...
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Charles-Marie Widor. Marius Constant Ding Shande Luc Ferrari Simeon ten Holt Karel Husa Maurice Jarre Eugene Kurtz [pupils] Richard Markowitz Ginette Martenot...
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1990: Joan Tower 1991: John Corigliano 1992: Krzysztof Penderecki 1993: Karel Husa 1994: Toru Takemitsu 1995: John Adams 1996: Ivan Tcherepnin 1997: Simon...
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