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Pavel Haas
12+ albums
CzechClassicalmodern classical20th Century Classicalczech composers
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Pavel Haas (born 21 June 1899 in Brno, died 17 October 1944 in the Concentration Camp of Auschwitz) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. His formal musical education began at the age of 14 in Brno. He studied composition at the Conservatory from 1919 to 1921 under Jan Kunc and Vilém Petrželka, followed by two additional years of study at the school of Leoš Janáček. Only 18 of his more than 50 works written during the following 20 years have been categorised by the self-criticizing musician himself. While still working in his father's business, he wrote musical pieces of all types, including symphonic and choral works, Lieder, Chamber Music, scores for cinema and theatre and the Opera Sarlátan. He was deported to the Concentration Camp of Theresienstadt in 1941, and murdered in Auschwitz. His great Symphony remained unfinished until 1994, when it was instrumented by Zdeněk Zouhar in Haas' style. His Music, stemming from Bohemian and Moravian roots, is sometimes tinted by Hebrew melody. There is virtually nothing left from the at least eight compositions made while he was in the concentration camps. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15: II. Lento ma na non troppo e poco rubato
2852String Quartet No. 2, Op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains": IV. Wild Night. Vivace e con fuoco
2723String Quartet No. 2 "From the Monkey Mountains", Op. 7: IV. Wild Night (Vivace e con fuoco)
2334String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15: I. Allegro moderato
1115String Quartet No. 1 in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 (1920)
1036String Quartet no. 2, op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains": I. Landscape. Andante
977String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15 (1938): I. Allegro moderato
858String Quartet no. 2, op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains": II. Coach, Coachman and Horse. Andante
849String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15 (1938): II. Lento, ma non troppo e poco rubato
8410String Quartet no. 2, op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains": III. The Moon and I. Largo e misterioso
83albums
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String Quartets /Janacek, Haas/
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Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 / Haas: String Quartets Nos 1 & 3
Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata" / Haas: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 (Pavel Haas Quartet)
String Quartets (Pavel Haas Quartet)
Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" / Haas: String Quartet No. 2 (Pavel Haas Quartet)
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Schönberg and Haas: Verklärte Nacht
Pavel Haas: Chamber Works
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Prokofiev: String Quartets Nos 1& 2, Sonata For Two Violins
Terezín / Theresienstadt Composers: Pavel Haas
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The Bohemian Album
Haas: Chamber Music
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