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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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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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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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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Ensemble is a concerto for wind ensemble by the Czech-born American composer Karel Husa. It was written for the Michigan State University Wind Ensemble in 1982...
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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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Maurice Ravel's Ma mère l'Oye is also titled "Apotheose." Czech composer Karel Husa, concerned in 1970 about arms proliferation and environmental deterioration...
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R. Hazo Frigyes Hidas Jennifer Higdon David Holsinger Alan Hovhaness Karel Husa Yasuhide Ito Robert Jager John Mackey Timothy Mahr David Maslanka W. Francis...
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