Husa, Karel
(8/07/1921 - 12/14/2016)A native of Prague, Karel Husa studied also in Paris, notably with Honegger and Nadia Boulanger, later settling in the United States. His work as a composer was for some time limited by his distinction as a conductor.
Instrumental and Vocal Music
Husa’s musical language successfully combines a contemporary harmonic idiom with a neoclassical attention to form and balance. His Music for Prague reflects his reaction to the suppression of newly developing freedom in Prague in 1968. Other compositions include concertos for various solo instruments, music for wind instruments, and compositions for various chamber ensembles. His choral works include settings of texts taken from Henry David Thoreau.
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Concerto
Orchestral
Spoken Commentary
Wind Ensemble/Band Music
Album Title | Label | Category/Categories | Catalogue No. |
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HUSA, K.: Trojan Women (The) / Fantasies / Divertimento for Brass and Percussion (Brno State Orchestra, Orchestre des Solistes de Paris, Husa, Sobol) | Phoenix USA | Orchestral; Wind Ensemble/Band Music | PHCD128 |
HUSA: Music for Prague 1968 / Apotheosis of this Earth | First Edition | Orchestral | FECD-0009 |
NEW MUSIC FROM BOWLING GREEN, Vol. 1 - FREUND, D. / THEOFANIDIS, C. / ADLER, S. / RYAN, J. / HUSA, K. / SHRUDE, M. (Bowling Green Philharmonia) | Albany | Orchestral; Spoken Commentary; Vocal | TROY321 |
PRESIDENT'S OWN UNITED STATES MARINE BAND: Bicentennial Collection (The), Vol. 8 | Altissimo | Concerto; Wind Ensemble/Band Music | 75442262012 |
1996 Midwest Clinic: United States Navy Band | Mark Records | Instrumental; Wind Ensemble/Band Music | 2353-MCD |