Karel Husa: A Bio-bibliography

Susan Hayes Hitchens

Greenwood Publishing Group, 1991 - Biography & Autobiography - 162 pages

Karel Husa is a Czechoslovakian-American composer and educator who has made important contributions to modern musical literature. Especially well known for his compositions for wind band, Husa is also in constant demand as a guest conductor and lecturer throughout the musical world. This volume provides a complete guide to his compositions and to recordings of his work, together with a full bibliography.

Following a brief biography is a list of Husa's compositions, arranged by genre. Each entry includes the date of composition, duration of the work, and the performance medium, as well as details relating to the commission, premiere, and publication. The discography of commercially produced recordings of Husa's music is arranged alphabetically and supplies information on label and label number, date of issue, contents, and performers. The bibliography is comprehensive, listing writings by and about Husa and annotating each work cited. Systematic cross-referencing is used throughout the book. A convenient resource for musicians and musicologists, this bio-bibliography is an appropriate choice for music and academic libraries.

Contents

• Works and Performances: 19
• WORKS FOR CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: 20
• WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA: 24
• WORKS FOR BAND: 30
• WORKS FOR SOLO VOICE OR CHORUS: 33
• ARRANGEMENTS: 35
• Discography: 37
• Bibliography: 43
• WRITINGS ABOUT HUSA: 45
• Alphabetical List of Compositions: 145
• Chronological List of Compositions: 149
• Index: 153

Popular passages

Page 6 - Like his previous compositions, this work was neodassic in style. ... in the early works . . . one finds carefully worked-out motives and phrase relationships, and neoclassical tonal implications. This concern for pitch detail and formal balance has stayed with Husa throughout his musical development and has been one of the reasons for his music's cohesiveness.

Page 5 - By now, Husa's development was such that he was referred to as "one of the greatest hopes of Czech...

Page 9 - World Music Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music, held in Cologne during the summer of 1960.

Page 10 - It is a truly impressive achievement, the expression of one of the most interestingly human— and humane— musical minds in this...

About the author

SUSAN HAYES HITCHENS is Music Librarian at the University of Kansas.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Karel Husa: A Bio-bibliography; Issue 31 of Bio-bibliographies in music, ISSN 0742-6968
• Author: Susan Hayes Hitchens
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1991
• ISBN: 0313255857, 9780313255854
• Length: 162 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Music; Music / Reference