Karel Husa

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Karel Husa (b. Prague, 1921) is a Czech-born classical composer probably best known for his Music for Prague 1968, a work in memory of the 1968 Soviet bloc invasion of Czechoslovakia. His String Quartet No. 3 won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. He was a professor at Cornell University until 1992, and still resides in Ithaca, New York.

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