A delightful miniature based on folk music from the composer's native Moravia. Duration ca. 4 minutes.
The '4 Bohemian Sketches' were originally composed as 8 Bohemian duos for piano duet (ED 4779). They are a mixture of 'real' and 'invented' folk music. With these pieces, Husa follows examples like Sc...
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.
The composer born in Prague, now living in America, studied with Honegger and Nadia Boulanger. The pieces created in 1955 are very rewarding for orchestral work since all parts are treated equally. Th...
Piano reduction.
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...
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....
