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Husa, Karel

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Husa, Karel (b Prague, 1921). Amer. composer and conductor of Cz. birth. Cond. of various orchs. in Prague and Paris. Ass. prof. Cornell Univ. Mus. Dept. 1954–61, prof. 1961–92. Taught at Ithaca Coll. 1967–86. Comps. incl.:BALLET: The Trojan Women (1980).ORCH.: 3 Frescoes (1947); pf. concertino (1949); sym. No.1 (1953), No.2 (Reflections) (1983); Portrait, str. (1953); 4 Easy Pieces, ob., tpt., perc., str. (1955); Fantasies (1956); Poem, va., orch. (1959); Mosaïques (1961); Elegy and Rondo, alto sax., orch. (1961); Serenade, wind quintet, str. (1963); conc., brass quintet and str. (1965); Music for percussion (1966); conc., alto sax. and band (1967); Music for Prague (1968); 2 Sonnets from Michelangelo (1971–2); The Steadfast Tin Soldier, speaker, orch. (1974); Pastoral, str. (1980); Symphonic Suite (1984); Concerto for Orchestra (1986); org. conc. (1987); tpt. conc. (1987); vc. conc. (1988).CHORAL: An American Te Deum, bar., ch., wind ens. (1976), bar., ch., orch. (1978); Cantata, male ch., brass quintet (1983).CHAMBER MUSIC: str. qts. No.1 (1948), No.2 (1953), No.3 (1968), No.4 (1989); vn. sonatina (1945); Evocations of Slovakia for cl., va., and vn. (1951); wind trio (1966); pf. sonata (1949); vn. sonata (1972–3); Landscapes, brass quintet (1977); Sonata a tre, vn., cl., pf. (1981); Recollections, wind quintet, pf. (1982); Variations, pf. qt. (1984).

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