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Composer and conductor Karel Husa dies at 95
Cornell Chronicle - Cornell University ^ | December 16, 2016 | Daniel Aloi

Posted on 12/16/2016 12:31:36 PM PST by EveningStar

Influential and internationally acclaimed composer and conductor Karel Jaroslav Husa, who taught at Cornell for 38 years and conducted major orchestras as well as campus ensembles, died Dec. 14 at his home in Apex, North Carolina. He was 95...

Husa was born in Prague on Aug. 7, 1921...

Husa became an American citizen in 1959...

Husa won the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1969 for his String Quartet No. 3, and the 1993 Grawemeyer Award for his Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, and many other composition prizes over his career.

His best known work is the four-movement “Music for Prague 1968,” written after the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia and featuring such symbols of resistance and hope as a 15th century Hussite war song and the sound of bells...

(Excerpt) Read more at news.cornell.edu ...


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1 posted on 12/16/2016 12:31:36 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: Borges

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2 posted on 12/16/2016 12:32:23 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Played Apotheosis in College......BIG music!

RIP

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To: petro45acp; MinuteGal

The Cello is one of my favorite instruments. Love pieces with it prominently featured. Also love classical compositions by prominent Middle European composers. RIP Husa.


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To: EveningStar

RIP.


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