Rudolf Karel

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Rudolf Karel (*November 9, 1880 in Pilsen - died March 6, 1945 in Theresienstadt) was a distinguished Czech composer. Rudolf Karel was son of a poor railway employee. He studied composition from 1899 to 1904 with Antonín Dvořák and organ with Josef Klička in Prague. In Prague, he took part in the resistance and in March 1943 was arrested. After being interned at Pankrác for two years (1943–1945) Karel was sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp (often used as a transit point to Auschwitz but used as the "model camp" where the arts were to some extent tolerated; a number of artists and composers, among the latter Pavel Haas, Viktor Ullmann, Hans Krása and Gideon Klein also arrived there), where after one month he died of dysentery. His several-times performed (and recorded) nonet (though left incomplete at his death) was composed (what there was of it) between January and February 1945. (It was premiered in an orchestration/completion by František Hertl for a premiere in December 1945.) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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KZ Musik CD 4

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Famous Czech Violinists: Václav Snítil

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Chamber Winds Compositions /Klein-Haas-Karel-Lucky/

Haas, Karel, Klein, Schulhoff: Music by Jewish composers (Israel Yinon)

Scenes from the Operas

Chamber Compositions

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Haas, Karel, Klein, Schulhoff: Music by Jewish Composers

Haas, Karel, Klein, Schulhoff - Music by Jewish composers

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Francesco Lotoro - KZ Musik CD 4

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Brahms: Serenade Op. 11 - Karel: Nonet

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Karel, Haas, Kahn & Krasa

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Karel: Scenes from the Operas

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