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Karel Husa

1921 - 2016

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Karel Husa (August 7, 1921 – December 14, 2016) was a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1954, he emigrated to the United States and became an American citizen in 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Husa is the 1,332nd most popular composer (down from 1,258th in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 690th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Karel Husa ranks 1,332 out of 1,451. Before him are Steve Jablonsky, David Arnold, Howard Hanson, Bruce Broughton, Detto Mariano, and Poul Ruders. After him are Rauf Hajiyev, Enoch Sontonga, Vincent Persichetti, David Del Tredici, Mark Mancina, and Emīls Dārziņš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Karel Husa ranks 416. Before him are Mamie Till, John Pritchard, Farley Mowat, Sam Tingle, Donald Campbell, and Walter Mirisch. After him are Ron Greenwood, Ian Raby, Nelson Riddle, Günther Bechem, Phạm Duy, and Gilbert Stork. Among people deceased in 2016, Karel Husa ranks 491. Before him are Tommy Kono, Reinhard Häfner, François Dupeyron, Viktor Zubkov, Dan Haggerty, and Mrinalini Sarabhai. After him are Igor Sergun, Florence Henderson, James Stacy, Anatoli Isayev, Poul Pedersen, and Ilkka Hanski.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Husa ranks 791 out of 1,200. Before him are Antonín Sova (1864), Karel Jarolím (1956), Berthold Englisch (1851), Josef Horešovský (1946), Karel Nováček (1965), and Fredy Perlman (1934). After him are Jiří Drahoš (1949), Alena Šeredová (1978), Štefan Füle (1962), Radek Bejbl (1972), Magdalena Kožená (1973), and Zdenka Braunerová (1858).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Karel Husa ranks 60. Before him are František Škroup (1801), Rudolf Friml (1879), Wenzel Müller (1767), August Wilhelm Ambros (1816), Walter Susskind (1913), and Vladimír Franz (1959).

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