Karel Husa

Karel Husa — Karel Husa studied at Prague Conservatory. training under Nadia Boulanger and Jaroslav Řídký is recorded. the recorded working language is Czech. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Cornell University. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters. Works named in the authority record are Music for Prague 1968, Concerto for Wind Ensemble, Al Fresco for Concert Band, Apotheosis of this Earth and String Quartet No. 3. Distinctions recorded are Czech Medal of Merit, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition and Honorary doctorate of the University of Florida. Karel Husa is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q1729163. The register further records that karel Husa was born in 1921 at Prague. Institutional cataloguing adds that karel Husa died in 2016 at Apex. Karel Husa is recorded with the citizenship of Czech Republic and United States.

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Identity and overview

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Karel Husa is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q1729163. It is also recorded that karel Husa is recorded with the citizenship of Czech Republic and United States.

Works and production

Catalogued output is recorded as follows.

Czech-American composer. Institutional cataloguing adds that wikidata Query Service catalogues 5 works under this heading. It is also recorded that open Library catalogues 11 works under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that music for Prague 1968 is dated 1968.

MusicBrainz establishes this heading under the identifier dd822679-6762-4c01-b965-2b0fdafbf16f.

Collections and holdings

Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.

Karel Husa - 1993 Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition Lecture (1993) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that symphony No. 1 For Orchestra / Serenade / Nocturne is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Reception and standing

The scholarly and documentary record stands as follows.

Karel Husa is recorded as having received Czech Medal of Merit, Pulitzer Prize for Music and Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. It is also recorded that open Library catalogues 22 works under this name. It is also recorded that musicBrainz publishes 9 catalogued release groups for this heading.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 11 catalogued sources across 6 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Internet Archive, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, DOAJ and MetaBrainz Foundation. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

In detail

Karel Husa studied at Prague Conservatory. training under Nadia Boulanger and Jaroslav Řídký is recorded. the recorded working language is Czech.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music.

Employment is recorded with Cornell University. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Works named in the authority record are Music for Prague 1968, Concerto for Wind Ensemble, Al Fresco for Concert Band, Apotheosis of this Earth and String Quartet No. 3.

Distinctions recorded are Czech Medal of Merit, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition and Honorary doctorate of the University of Florida.

Sources

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    Husa, Karel, Oxford Music Online, 2001

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    KAREL HUSA (1921–2016)Twelve Moravian Songs (1957), Vocal Repertoire for the Twenty-First Century, Volume 1, 2020

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    Karel Husa a recepce jeho díla v českých zemích po roce 1989, Musicologica Brunensia, 2022

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    Karel Husa: A Bio-Bibliography, Notes, 1992

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    KAREL HUSA: THE MAN AND THE MUSIC, The Musical Quarterly, 1976

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    MusicBrainz artist record for Karel Husa

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    Open Library author record for Karel Husa (Internet Archive), 22 catalogued works.

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1729163: Karel Husa

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    “Karel Husa”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Karel Husa.

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    Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Karel Husa as creator.

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