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A Czechoslovakian-American composer, conductor, and educator who has made important contributions to modern musical literature, Karel Husa is especially well known for his works for wind band. Following a brief biography is a list of Husa's compositions, arranged by genre. Each entry includes the date of composition, duration of the work, and the performance medium, as well as details relating to the commission, premiere, and publication. The discography of commercially produced recordings of Husa's music supplies information on label and label number, date of issue, contents, and performers. The bibliography is comprehensive, listing writings by and about Husa and annotating each work cited. ... Read more

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For this vast array of information in these studies, Dr. Radice, Curator of the Karel Husa Archive and Gallery at Ithaca College School of Music, P. rofessor of Music History at Ithaca, has provided cohesion in his opening essay, in which he offers full biographical dat in addition to discussions of everything that Karel has written to date; he has also included selected, edited, and translated correspondence dating back into the 1940s with extensive annotations about personalities and compositions. ... Read more

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Grade 4-6

This piece was commissioned by Northwestern University School of Music in 1996.As its name implies, the piece explores the "colors" of the wind ensemble. Duration ca. 17 minutes. ... Read more

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A stunning virtuoso work, composed for and premiered by Lynn Harrell. Now available in the composerÕs reduction for cello and piano. This piece was the winner of the 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. Duration ca. 27 minutes. ... Read more

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A delightful miniature based on folk music from the composerÕs native Moravia. Duration ca. 4 minutes. ... Read more

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Piano Solo
Composer: Karel Husa (1921-)
Publisher: Carl Fischer/ Theodore Presser Co
Edition Number: 140400630
NFMC: Musically Advanced Class I
Pages: 3
Est. Duration: 4min 30 secWith standard notation. ... Read more

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Written for Sigurd Rascher. ... Read more

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Sonatina ... Read more

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A wonderful composition by the Pulitzer Prize Winner.

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Sheet Music. ... Read more

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We are proud to offer this most recent work for band from one of the legendary composers of our time. Pulitzer Prize winner Karel Husa has created an impressive musical study of the fascinating cheetah. Through a variety of dramatic textures and skilled techniques, the music evokes the colors, movements, power, and speed of this magnificent wild animal. Dur. 5:40(Grade 5) ... Read more

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Husa's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its 150th Anniversary and given its premiere performance on May 27, 1993 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. ... Read more