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Karel Husa

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Karel Husa is an internationally known composer and conductor. An American citizen since 1959, Husa was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on 7 August 1921. After completing studies at the Prague Conservatory and, later, the Academy of Music, he went to Paris where he received diplomas from the Paris National Conservatory and the Ecole normale de musique. Among his teachers were Arthur Honegger, Nadia Boulanger, Jaroslav Ridky, and conductor Andre Cluytens. In 1954, Husa was appointed to the faculty of Cornell University where he was Kappa Alpha Professor until his retirement in 1992. He was elected Associate Member of the Royal Belgian Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974 and has received honorary degrees of Doctor of Music from several institutions, including Coe College, the Cleveland Institute of Music, Ithaca College, and Baldwin Wallace College. Among numerous honors, Husa has received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation; awards from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, UNESCO, and the National Endowment for the Arts; Koussevitzky Foundation commissions; the Czech Academy for the Arts and Sciences Prize; and the Lili Boulanger award. Husa's String Quartet No. 3 received the 1969 Pulitzer Prize, and his Cello Concerto the 1993 Grawemeyer Award; Music for Prague 1968 — with over 7000 performances worldwide — has become part of the modern repertory. Additional information on Karel Husa can be found at http://www.schirmer.com/composers/husa_bio.html

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Festive ode	Unknown		00:00:00
Acht Boehmische Duette = Eight Czech Duets	Keyboard		00:00:00
Concerto pour quintette de cuivres et orchestre a corde	Orchestra		00:24:30
Music for Prague 1968	Orchestra		00:18:30
Evocations de Slovaquie	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:15:40
Pastoral	Orchestra		00:00:00
Intradas and Interludes	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Festive ode	Unknown		00:00:00
1. Streichquartett	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:24:00
Landscapes	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:21:50
Divertimento for brass and percussion	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:15:00
Divertimento for brass quintet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:15:00
Three Moravian Songs	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:00:00
Every Day	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:00:00
Three Dance Sketches	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
12 Moravian Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble		00:00:00
There Are From Time to Time Mornings	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:00:00
Fanfare for brass ensemble	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:10:00
Variations for violin, viola, violoncello, and piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Song (Good Night)	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2000	00:04:00
Celebración	Orchestra	1997	00:06:00
Postcard from Home	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:04:00
Celebration Fanfare	Orchestra	1996	00:02:00
Couleurs Fauves	Band	1996	00:17:00
Midwest Celebration (Fanfare)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1996	00:06:00
Five Poems for Wind Quintet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:19:00
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra	Orchestra	1993	00:28:00
Cayuga Lake (Memories)	Orchestra	1992	00:21:00
Tubafest Celebration Fanfare	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:03:00
String Quartet No. 4 (Poems)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1990	00:20:00
Overture (“Youth”)	Orchestra	1990	00:05:00
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra	Orchestra	1988	00:27:00
Frammenti	Keyboard	1987	00:06:00
Concerto for Organ and Orchestra	Orchestra	1987	00:22:00
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra	Orchestra	1987	00:20:00
Concerto for Orchestra	Orchestra	1986	00:39:00
Smetana Fanfare for Wind Ensemble	Band	1984	00:03:00
Symphonic Suite	Orchestra	1984	00:19:00	Symphonic Suite
Reflections: Symphony No. 2	Orchestra	1983	00:20:00
Sonata a Tre	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1982	00:00:00
Concerto for Wind Ensemble	Band	1982	00:22:00
Cantata	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1982	00:18:00
Recollections	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1982	00:21:00
Cantata for men's chorus and brass quintet : piano redu	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1982	00:18:00
Trojan Women	Orchestra	1980	00:45:00
Trojan Women, Scenes from the Ballet	Orchestra	1980	00:24:00
Fanfare for Brass and Percussion	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1980	00:06:00
American Te Deum for Chorus and Orchestra	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1978	00:45:00
Sonata for violin and piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1978	00:00:00
American Te deum	Unknown	1978	00:45:00
Drum Ceremony (from An American Te Deum)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1976	00:02:00
American Te Deum for Chorus and Band	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1976	00:45:00
Drum Ceremony (from An American Te Deum)	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1976	00:00:00
Monodrama: Portrait of an Artist (ballet)	Orchestra	1976	00:23:00
Sonata No. 2 for piano	Keyboard	1975	00:18:00
Steadfast Tin Soldier, The	Orchestra	1974	00:25:00
Divertimento for Symphonic Winds and Percussion	Band	1974	00:15:00
Al Fresco for Concert Band	Band	1974	00:12:00
Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra	Band	1973	00:14:00
Apotheosis of this Earth (for chorus and orchestra)	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1972	00:26:00
Two Sonnets by Michelangelo	Orchestra	1972	00:16:00
Apotheosis of this earth	Band	1971	00:00:00
Apotheosis of this Earth (for band)	Band	1970	00:25:00
Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble	Orchestra	1970	00:18:00
Music for Prague 1968 (for Concert Band)	Band	1969	00:19:00
String Quartet No. 3	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1968	00:19:00	String Quartet No. 3
Concerto for Alto Saxophone	Band	1967	00:20:00
Two Preludes for flute, clarinet, bassoon	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1966	00:00:00
Fresque	Orchestra	1963	00:11:00
Fresque (revised version)	Orchestra	1963	00:11:00
Mosaiques	Orchestra	1961	00:15:00
Fantasies for orchestra	Orchestra	1957	00:00:00
Elegie	Keyboard	1957	00:04:30
Vier Kleine Stuecke	Orchestra	1955	00:14:30
1. Symfonie	Orchestra	1953	00:26:00
Portrait	Orchestra	1953	00:11:00
Concertino per piano e orchestra	Orchestra	1950	00:16:00
Sonate fur Klavier = Sonate pour piano, Op. 11	Keyboard	1949	00:23:00
Divertimento for string orchestra	Orchestra	1948	00:00:00
Sonata for Viola and Piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1945	00:10:00
Sonatina for Flute and Piano	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1945	00:15:00
Sonatina for Violin and Piano, Op. 6	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1945	00:15:00
Suite for Viola and Piano, Op. 5	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1945	00:10:00
Sonatina	Keyboard	1943	00:12:00
Sonatina for piano	Keyboard	1943	00:00:00

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