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 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.[1] In 1954, he emigrated to the United States and became an American citizen in 1959.[2]
^"Remembering Karel Husa, 1993 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition recipient" (Press release). Grawemeyer Foundation. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
KarelHusa (August 7, 1921 – December 14, 2016) was a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993...
inspired music and literature including the work of Václav Havel, KarelHusa, Karel Kryl and Milan Kundera's novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being....
electronic tape 1968: George Crumb, Echoes of Time and the River 1969: KarelHusa, String Quartet No. 3 1970: Charles Wuorinen, Time's Encomium 1971: Mario...
for Prague 1968 is a programmatic work written by Czech-born composer KarelHusa for symphonic band and later transcribed for full orchestra, written shortly...
Max Dubois Élégie et rondeau pour saxophone alto et orchestre (1961)—KarelHusa Sonata for alto saxophone (1970)—Edison Denisov Sonata for alto saxophone...
educator. He premiered several works by contemporary composers including KarelHusa, William Thomas McKinley, and Burr Van Nostrand, and was the first to...
Concerto for Orchestra, by Alun Hoddinott (1986) Concerto for Orchestra, by KarelHusa (1986) Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, by Steven Stucky (1986–87) Concerto...
Donald Grantham Edward Gregson John Harbison Samuel Hazo Kenneth Hesketh KarelHusa Yasuhide Ito Scott Lindroth Scott McAllister W. Francis McBeth James MacMillan...
1990: Joan Tower 1991: John Corigliano 1992: Krzysztof Penderecki 1993: KarelHusa 1994: Toru Takemitsu 1995: John Adams 1996: Ivan Tcherepnin 1997: Simon...
R. Hazo Frigyes Hidas Jennifer Higdon David Holsinger Alan Hovhaness KarelHusa Yasuhide Ito Robert Jager John Mackey Timothy Mahr David Maslanka W. Francis...
E-flat Major, Op. 28/1 (1909) Second Suite in F Major, Op. 28/2 (1911) KarelHusa Music for Prague (1968) Apotheosis of This Earth (1971) Gordon Jacob An...
Maurice Ravel's Ma mère l'Oye is also titled "Apotheose." Czech composer KarelHusa, concerned in 1970 about arms proliferation and environmental deterioration...
Ferneyhough, Alexander Goehr, Lou Harrison, Mårten Hagström, Paul Hindemith, KarelHusa, Charles Ives, György Ligeti, Witold Lutosławski, George Perle, Sergei...
master’s and doctoral degrees from Cornell University, where he studied with KarelHusa, Steven Stucky, and Robert Moffat Palmer. From 1975 to 1978, he studied...
11 symphonies Ruth Gipps (1921–1999), British composer of 5 symphonies KarelHusa (1921–2016), American composer of Czech birth, composer of 2 symphonies...
Other composers with works using this technique include Henryk Górecki, KarelHusa, Witold Lutosławski, Kazimierz Serocki, Steven Stucky, and George Crumb...
Max Dubois Élégie et rondeau for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (1961)—KarelHusa Claremont Concerto (1962)—John Worley Concerto for saxophone and orchestra...
premieres include works by: Maximilian Albrecht: Exsultet Sanctus (1962) KarelHusa: Festive Ode (1964), The Apotheosis of this Earth (1972, revised 1990)...
strings and electronic tape George Crumb ('68): Echoes of Time and the River KarelHusa ('69): String Quartet No. 3 Charles Wuorinen ('70): Time's Encomium...
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