Composer

Karel Husa

Czech-born American conductor and composer

1921–2016

58 works and musical collections

Born: 1921
Died: 2016
Birthplace: Prague
Place of death: Apex
Citizenship / historical state: Czech Republic; United States
Period (estimated from birth year): Contemporary

Biography

Karel Husa — Czech-born American conductor and composer. Karel Husa was born in 1921 in Prague. The recorded year of death is 2016; place of death: Apex. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as Czech Republic; United States.

Life and musical career

Occupations: conductor; trumpeter; composer; musicologist; music educator; music teacher
Education: Prague Conservatory
Teachers: Nadia Boulanger; Jaroslav Řídký
Career institutions / employers: Cornell University
Recorded memberships: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Instruments played: trumpet
Genres: classical music
Notable works: Music for Prague 1968; Concerto for Wind Ensemble; Al Fresco for Concert Band; Apotheosis of this Earth; String Quartet No. 3
Awards: Czech Medal of Merit; Pulitzer Prize for Music; Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition; Honorary doctorate of the University of Florida; Guggenheim Fellowship
Languages used: Czech
VIAF ID: 115622231
ISNI: 0000000114555486
GND ID: 119397315
Library of Congress ID: n81022490
MusicBrainz ID: dd822679-6762-4c01-b965-2b0fdafbf16f

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Voice, Piano, percussion, Cello, Choir
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Song For Dancing (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sunrise (K.Husa)	See work details	Piano Voice Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Between Two Mountains (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Homeland Goodbye (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Aspen Leaves (K.Husa)	See work details	Piano Voice Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Intradas & Interludes (Husa K)	See work details	Trumpet Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Snowball, The	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Who Is That? (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
What Is Wrong? (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Snowball (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lost Love (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3 Dance Sketches Perc (Husa K)	See work details	percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Deserter (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto For Alto Sax & Cb	See work details	Saxophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Same title as publication	See work details	Cello Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Divertimento Br Qnt (Husa K)	See work details	Trumpet Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Divertimento Brass Perc	See work details	percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1) Overture	See work details	percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Good Night (K.Husa)	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
When I Sing (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Echo In The Mountains (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto Tpt/Pno Red (Husa K)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerta For Trumpet And Orchestra	See work details	Trumpet Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto Tpt/Wnds (Husa K)	See work details	Trumpet Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2) Scherzo	See work details	percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3) Song	See work details	percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
4) Slovak Dance	See work details	percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Overture	See work details	percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scherzo	See work details	percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Song	See work details	percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Slovak Dance	See work details	percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Credo	See work details	Voice Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Should Not Dare To Leave My Friend	See work details	Voice Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Earth, My Likeness	See work details	Voice Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Deserter, The	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Anecdote	See work details	Cello Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Hymn.,	See work details	Cello Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Introduction	See work details	Cello Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Recitative	See work details	Cello Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Remembrance	See work details	Cello Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fighting Birds,	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Happy Bird	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Interlude: Lamenting Bird	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Walking Birds	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
With A Dead Bird	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Apotheosis Of This Earth	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Cantata	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto For Orchestra	See work details	Orchestra Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 115622231. Portrait: United Press International, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.