num_pages: 260
description: Husa's education in engineering was interrupted by the Nazi takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1939, so he settled for a career in music. In 1948 he fled communism to France, and went to the US in 1954 to teach, where he established himself as a composer and conductor. Musical scholars and friends or at least acquaintances, offer essays and selected letters to and from him to reveal his blend of western and eastern musical styles. The topics include his saxophone works, distinctive serial aspects of his PoTma , a conductor's perspective, and Concerto for Orchestra. Four facsimiles of scores are included. The text is double spaced. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Karel Husa - A Composer's Life in Essays and Documents
titlecomplete: Karel Husa - A Composer's Life in Essays and Documents (Studies in the History & Interpretation of Music)
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr