Karel Husa

Karel Husa (b. 1921) is an American composer and conductor who was born and raised in Czechoslovakia. He entered the Prague Conservatory in 1941, where his Sonatina For Piano (Opus 1) was written in19...

Kompsitionsjahr: 1950 Für eine Aufführung werden 2 Exemplare benötigt.

Der in Prag geborene Komponist studierte bei Honegger und Nadia Boulanger und lebt heute in Amerika. Die 1955 entstandenen Stücke sind für die Orchesterarbeit sehr dankbar, weil alle Stimmen gleichber...

A delightful miniature based on folk music from the composer's native Moravia. Duration ca. 4 minutes.

Pulitzer-Prize winner Karel Husa has adapted his Élégie; originally for piano (140-40063) into a percussion duo; scored for vibraphone (doubling suspended cymbal; gong; and tubular bell) and marimba....

Die '4 Bohemian Sketches' wurden ursprünglich als 8 böhmische Duette für Klavier vierhändig komponiert (ED4779). Sie sind eine Mischung aus 'echter' und 'erfundener' Volksmusik. Mit diesen Stücken fol...

Husa's Sonatina was originally composed in 1945 for Violin and Piano while the composer was a student at the Conservatory of Music in Prague. This transcription for Flute and Piano was created at the...

Magnificent work from Karel Husa written in honor of Bedrich Smetana. Demanding for all sections, the work begins quietly and quickly builds to open a concert with intensity and grandeur. Grades 4-5.

This maginificent and historically significant work is found on state lists all across the country and is highly respected as an important contribution to the contemporary literature for concert band....

This maginificent and historically significant work is found on state lists all across the country and is highly respected as an important contribution to the contemporary literature for concert band....

Originally for Orchestra and Chorus. Arranged by Husa for concert band (Grades 4-5).

Originally for Orchestra and Chorus. Arranged by Husa for concert band (Grades 4-5).

Grades 4-5

Set of parts available (50244600).

Set of parts available (50244600).

Magnificent work from Karel Husa written in honor of Bedrich Smetana. Demanding for all sections, the work begins quietly and quickly builds to open a concert with intensity and grandeur. Grades 4-5.

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.

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.

Commissioned by the Michigan State University Alumni Band, this three movement work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Karel Husa was the winner of the first Louis Sudler International Wind Band Compo...

Commissioned by the Michigan State University Alumni Band, this three-movement work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Karel Husa was the winner of the first Louis Sudler International Wind Band Compo...

Commissioned by the Michigan State University Alumni Band, this three-movement work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Karel Husa was the winner of the first Louis Sudler International Wind Band Compo...