Karel Husa
Personal Website:
http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/long-bio/Karel-Husa
Awards:
Grawemeyer Award (1993) – Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra
American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Prize (1989)
Pulitzer Prize (1969): String Quartet No. 3
Compositions for Winds:
Cheetah (2006) for Wind Ensemble
Les Couleurs Fauves (1996) for Wind Ensemble
Midwest Celebration (1996) for 8 hn, 9 tpt, 9 tbn, tba, 5 perc divided into three choirs
Five Poems for Wind Quintet (1994)
Tubafest Celebration Fanfare (1992) for four tubas
Concertino for Piano and Wind Ensemble (1984)
Smetana Fanfare (1984) for Wind Ensemble
Concerto for Wind Ensemble (1982)
Recollections (1982) for wind quintet and piano
Fanfare for Brass Ensemble (1980)
Landscapes for Brass Quintet (1977)
Divertimento for Symphonic Winds and Percussion (1974)
Divertimento for Brass Quintet (1974) with optional percussion
Al Fresco (1973)
Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra (1973)
Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble (1971)
Apotheosis of this Earth (1970) for Wind Ensemble
Music for Prague (1968) for Wind Ensemble