Person · Male
Karel Husa
Czech-American composer
- From
- Praha, Czechia
- Active
- 1921–2016
- Releases
- 9
- contemporary classical
About
Karel Husa (August 7, 1921 – December 14, 2016) was a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1954, he emigrated to the United States and became an American citizen in 1959.
Discography
Albums
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Husa / Copland / Vaughan Williams / Hindemith
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String Quartets nos. 2 and 3 / Evocations de Slovaquie
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Hot Sonate!
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Prevailing Winds
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Husa: String Quartet no. 4 "Poems" / Laderman: String Quartet no. 7 / Powell: String Quartet
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Rands: Ceremonial / Harbison: Olympic Dances / Kraft / Concerto for Four Solo Percussion and Wind Ensemble / Husa: Les Couleurs fauves
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Genesis
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Music for Prague
Compilations
Links
Conductor position
Teacher
Also known as
Husa, Karel
Tags
- composer
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- dd822679-6762-4c01-b965-2b0fdafbf16f
- ISNI
- 0000000114555486
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.