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Karel Husa

*1921 CZ, Prague
Composer / Conductor of Classical

Karel Husa (born August 7, 1921 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1954 he went to the United States and became an American citizen in 1959.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Electronic
  • Brass
Popular Tracks   
Music for Prague 1968: I. Introduction and Fanfare on Composer's Collection: Karel Husa by Karel Husa & Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Music for Prague 1968: IV. Toccata and Chorale on North Texas Wind Symphony: Recollections by North Texas Wind Symphony & Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Music for Prague 1968: II. Aria on Composer's Collection: Karel Husa by Karel Husa & Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Music for Prague 1968: III. Interlude on North Texas Wind Symphony: Recollections by North Texas Wind Symphony & Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Smetana Fanfare on Composer's Collection: Karel Husa by Karel Husa & Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Apotheosis of this Earth: I. Apotheosis on The Music of Karel Husa: Apotheosis of this Earth by Karel Husa, Ithaca College Wind Ensemble & Rodney Winther
Music for Prague 1968: No. 4, Toccata and chorale on Husa: Music for Prague by Karel Husa, Tomáš Brauner & Prague Symphony Orchestra
Music for Prague 1968: No. 1, Introduction and Fanfare on Husa: Music for Prague by Karel Husa, Tomáš Brauner & Prague Symphony Orchestra
Apotheosis of this Earth: I. Apotheosis on Composer's Collection: Karel Husa by Karel Husa & Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Apotheosis of this Earth: II. Tragedy of Destruction on The Music of Karel Husa: Apotheosis of this Earth by Karel Husa, Ithaca College Wind Ensemble & Rodney Winther

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Czech Viola SonatasKristina Fialová, Igor Ardašev – Bohuslav Martinů, Jindřich Feld, Viktor Kalabis, Karel Husa2017Album
Fanfares And OverturesWilliam Schuman • Herbert Owen Reed • Karel Husa • Vaclav Nelhybel • Rutgers Wind Ensemble • William Berz2009Album
Le Mandarin Merveilleux - 1e Et 2e Rhapsodies Pour Violon Et OrchestreBéla Bartók, Devy Erlih, Karel Husa, Orchestre Des Cento Soli2004Album
Les Quatre Symphonies - IntégraleJohannes Brahms, Orchestre Des Cento Soli Direction Karel Husa, Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker Direction Günter Wand2003Album
Masterworks For Wind BandPhilharmonia À Vent, John Boyd • Frederick Fennell / Johann Sebastian Bach • Richard Wagner • Nikolai Myaskovsky • Johannes Brahms • Claude Debussy • Karel Husa2000Album
New Music From Bowling GreenBowling Green Philharmonia, Emily Freeman Brown, Don Freund, Christopher Theofanidis, Movses Pogossian, Samuel Adler, Jeffrey Ryan, Myra Merritt, Karel Husa, Marilyn Shrude1999Album
Works For Wind EnsembleNew England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Frank L. Battisti, Bernard Rands, John Harbison, William Kraft, Karel Husa1999Album
Chamber MusicKarel Husa1998Album
Music for Prague 1968 • Reflections (Symphony No. 2) • FresqueKarel Husa – Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Barry Kolman1994Album
UntitledWestwood Wind Quintet With Lisa Bergman, Richard Pressley - Ingolf Dahl, Karel Husa, Jerzy Sapieyevski, Louis Moyse1993Album
Music From Six Continents: 1993 SeriesKarel Husa, Ferdinand Weiss, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alain Perron, Nancy Van de Vate1993Album
Symphony No 1 • Serenade • Landscapes • MosaïquesKarel Husa1991Compil.
String Quartets Nos. 2 And 3 • Evocations De SlovaquieKarel Husa / The Fine Arts Quartet, The Long Island Chamber Ensemble of New York, Lawrence Sobol1990Album
Three Trios (Hoboken IV) / Sonata A Tre For Violin, Clarinet, And PianoJoseph Haydn / Karel Husa - Verdehr Trio1986Album
Piano Quartet / Variations For Violin, Viola, Violoncello And PianoWerner Torkanowsky / Karel Husa - The New England Piano Quartette1986Album
String Quartets (String Quartet No. 1 / Quartet For Strings)The Alard String Quartet - Karel Husa / Priaulx Rainier1983Album
The Trojan WomenKarel Husa - The Louisville Orchestra, Akira Endo1981Album
Sonata For Violin & Piano / Gravitation IKarel Husa / Pamela Layman - Elmar Oliveira, David Oei1978Album
Sonata No. 2 For Piano / Sonata Da Camera For Clarinet & Piano / Vocalises For Soprano & ViolaThe Long Island Chamber Ensemble Of New York1978Album
The Avant Garde Woodwind Quintet In The U.S.A.Samuel Barber, Arthur Berger, Elliott Carter, Luciano Berio, Irving Fine, Lukas Foss, Mario Davidovsky, Jacob Druckman, Gunther Schuller & Karel Husa - Dorian Quintet1977Album
Firdausi For Clarinet, Harp & Percussion, Op. 252 / Evocations De Slovaquie For Clarinet, Viola & CelloAlan Hovhaness / Karel Husa, Lawrence Sobol1976Album
De Natura Sonoris No. 2 / Genghis Khan, Op. 37 / Music For Prague 1968Krzysztof Penderecki / Gene Gutchë / Karel Husa - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1972Album
Karel Husa Quartets (Nos. 2 And 3)Karel Husa - The Fine Arts Quartet1971Album
Symphonie N°1 En Ut Mineur Opus 68Johannes Brahms, Orchestre Des Cento Soli, Karel Husa1957Album
Two Sonnets From Michelangelo / "Septuria Lunaris"Karel Husa / Matthias Bamert - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge MesterAlbum
Symphony No. 1 For OrchestraKarel HusaAlbum
Fantasias Para Orquesta / Musica ConmemorativaKarel Husa · Robert Palmer - Orchestre Des Solistes De ParisAlbum
Triptych / Mosaïques / DevelopmentAlan Hovhaness / Karel Husa / Willard StraightAlbum
Four Little Pieces / Petroglyph / ElegyKarel Husa / Michael Mauldin / J.D. RobbAlbum
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