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Karel Husa

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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. In 1954 he went to the United States and became an American citizen in 1959. Husa learned to play the violin and the piano in early childhood and, after passing his final examination at high school, he enrolled in the Prague Conservatory in 1941 where he studied in a class of Jaroslav Řídký

Top songs

  1. Music for Prague 1968: II. Aria
  2. Music for Prague 1968: I. Introduction and Fanfare
  3. Music for Prague 1968: IV. Toccata and Chorale
  4. Apotheosis of this Earth: I. Apotheosis
  5. Apotheosis of this Earth: II. Tragedy of Destruction
  6. Music for Prague 1968: III. Interlude
  7. Divertimento For Brass Ensemble And Percussion: Slovak Dance
  8. Smetana Fanfare
  9. The Trojan Women: Cassandra
  10. Intrada I
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  1. Music for Prague 1968: Introduction and Fanfare
  2. Divertimento For Brass Ensemble And Percussion: Song
  3. Music for Prague 1968: Toccata and Chorale
  4. Apotheosis of this Earth: III. Postscipt
  5. Cheetah
  6. Music for Prague 1968: Aria
  7. Music for Prague 1968: Interlude
  8. Divertimento For Brass Ensemble And Percussion: Overture
  9. Al fresco
  10. Divertimento For Brass Ensemble And Percussion: Little Scherzo
  11. Toccata and Chorale
  12. Apotheosis of this Earth: III. Postscript
  13. Intradas and Interludes: Interlude I
  14. Divertimento for Brass and Percussion: I. Overture
  15. Fantasies For Orchestra: Capriccio
  16. Fresque
  17. Postcard from Home
  18. Divertimento for Brass and Percussion: II. Scherzo
  19. Intrada III
  20. Piano Concertino: I. Allegretto moderato
  21. Alto Saxophone Concerto: I. Prologue
  22. Fantasies For Orchestra: Nocturne
  23. Intradas and Interludes: Interlude II
  24. Divertimento for Brass and Percussion: IV. Slovak Dance
  25. Divertimento for Brass and Percussion: III. Song
  26. Interlude
  27. Alto Saxophone Concerto: II. Ostinato
  28. Five Poems for Wind Quintet: V. Fighting Birds. Vivace
  29. Fantasies For Orchestra: Aria
  30. The Trojan Women: Death Of Astyanax
  31. Elegie et Rondeau
  32. Introduction and Fanfare
  33. Music for Prague 1968: I. Introduction & Fanfare
  34. Alto Saxophone Concerto: III. Epilogue
  35. Piano Concertino: II. Quasi fantasia - Moderato molto
  36. Music for Prague 1968: IV. Toccata & Chorale
  37. Concerto For Wind Ensemble: I. Drum Ceremony
  38. Music for Prague 1968: No. 1, Introduction and Fanfare
  39. Very fast
  40. The Trojan Women: Hecuba's Lament , Fanfare And Epilogue
  41. The Trojan Women: Lullaby
  42. Aria
  43. Music for Prague 1968: No. 4, Toccata and chorale
  44. Concerto for Wind Ensemble: III. Perpetual Motion
  45. Intrada II
  46. Karel Husa comments
  47. Concerto For Wind Ensemble: II. Elegy
  48. Piano Concertino: III. Allegretto moderato
  49. Percussion Concerto: I. Maestoso
  50. Moderate
  51. Slow
  52. String Quartet No. 3: Allegro Moderato - Produced
  53. Les couleurs fauves: I. Persisting Bells
  54. I. Introduction and Fanfare
  55. Concerto for Trumpet and Symphony Orchestra: I. Maestoso
  56. Percussion Concerto: III. Allegro ma non troppo
  57. IV. Toccata and Chorale
  58. Percussion Concerto: II. Moderato molto
  59. Music for Prague 1968: No. 2, Aria
  60. Apotheosis of this Earth
  61. Symphony No. 2, "Reflections": Moderate
  62. Symphony No. 2: No. 1, Moderato
  63. I. Apotheosis
  64. The Trojan Women: Prologue: Smoldering Troy
  65. String Quartet No. 2: Adagio - Allegro Con Fuoco - Produced
  66. String Quartet No. 3: Lento Assai - Produced
  67. Music For Prague 1968
  68. String Quartet No. 3: Allegro Possibile - Produced
  69. II. Aria
  70. II. Tragedy of Destruction
  71. Music for Prague 1968: No. 3, Interlude
  72. III. Interlude
  73. Concerto for Trumpet and Symphony Orchestra: II. Molto moderato
  74. Symphony No. 2: No. 2, Very fast
  75. String Quartet No. 2: Adagio - Allegro Con Brio - produced
  76. Symphony No. 2, "Reflections": Very Fast
  77. String Quartet No. 3: Adagio - Produced
  78. Symphony No. 2, "Reflections": Slow
  79. String Quartet No. 2: Lento Assai - Produced
  80. Cello Concerto: I. Introduction
  81. Les couleurs fauves: II. Ritual Dance Mask
  82. Concerto for Trumpet and Symphony Orchestra: III. Allegro
  83. Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra: II. L'istesso tempo
  84. Five Poems: Walking Birds
  85. Cello Concerto: II. Recitative
  86. II. Scherzo
  87. Evocations De Slovaquie: Mountain - Produced
  88. Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra: III. Maestoso
  89. Divertimento for Brass and Percussion: Scherzo - 1958
  90. Cello Concerto: III. Anecdote

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