Karel Husa

Karel Husa (b. 1921) is an American composer who was born and raised in Czechoslovakia. His Concerto For Trumpet And Wind Orchestra (1973) was commissioned by two American National Band Fraternities,...

This delightful work, never published until now, was one of the last pieces Husa composed before leaving his native Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II. Duration ca. 15 minutes.

Frammenti (fragments) was extracted from Husa's 'Concerto for Organ And Orchestra'. The Concerto was commissioned as part of the Michelson-Morley Centennial Celebration, commemorating the history expe...

Piano reduction.

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

Initially for Saxophone and Orchestra, this edition of Elegy and Rondeau by Karel Husa is for Saxophone and Piano and lasts 10 minutes. Written for advanced players, this piece is very interesting to...

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.

A collection of six poems, Husa's String Quartet No. 4 explores the possibilities of unusual sonorities in virtuosic writing. The individual poems speak of Bells, Sunlight, Darkness, Hope, Wild Birds,...

This work won the composer the Pulitzer Prize in 1969.

Partitions De Poche/musique De Chambre - Oeuvres Modernes Et Contemporaines Ou Bois : Trios

This striking suite of pieces by the contemporary Czech-American composer was inspired by birds, whose wordless poetry is expressed in flight and song. Premiered in 1995 at Carnegie Hall by the Quinte...

A stunning virtuoso work, composed for and premiered by Lynn Harrell. Now available in the composer's reduction for cello and piano. This piece was the winner of the 1993 University of Louisville Graw...

A wonderful composition by the Pulitzer Prize Winner.

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 Perfor...

Grades 4-5

Full Score.

Husa writes: 'The composition of Apotheosis of this Earth was motivated by the present desperate stage of mankind and its immense problems with everyday killings, war, hunger, extermination of fauna,...

Full Score.

Karel Husa (b. 1921) is an American composer and conductor who was born and raised in Czechoslovakia. Pastorale For String Orchestra (1979) was commissioned by the American String Teachers Association...