Hans Krása
Hans Krása | |
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Born | |
Died | 17 October 1944 | (aged 44)
Occupation | Composer |
Hans Krása (30 November 1899 – 17 October 1944) was a
Life
Hans Krása was born in Prague, the son of Anna (Steiner) and Karl Krása, a lawyer.
In 1927 he followed Zemlinsky to Berlin, where he was introduced to
Death
Along with fellow composers Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas and Gideon Klein, Krása was taken to Auschwitz. He was murdered on 17 October 1944; he was not yet 45 years old.
Works
- 4 Orchesterlieder, Op. 1 (1920) (text by Christian Morgenstern)
- String Quartet, Op. 2 (1921)
- Symphonie für kleines Orchester (1923)
- 5 Lieder, Op. 4, for voice and piano (1925) (text by Rainer Maria Rilke, Catullus, Christian Morgenstern)
- Feodor Dostoyevsky
- Die Erde ist des Herrn (The Earth is the Lord's) (1931), cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra.
- Kammermusik for harpsichord and seven instruments (1936)
- Theme and Variations for string quartet (1936)
- Brundibár (1938–43), symbolic anti-Nazi opera
- Three Songs for baritone, clarinet, viola and cello (1943) (text by Arthur Rimbaud)
- Overture for small orchestra (1943)
- Tanec, dance for string trio (1944)
- Passacaglia and Fugue for string trio (1944)[3]
Recordings
His Three Songs after poems by Arthur Rimbaud, Čtyřverší, Vzrušení and Přátelé, sung by Christian Gerhaher, appear on the CD Terezín - Theresienstadt initiated by Anne Sofie von Otter, Deutsche Grammophon, 2007.[4]
His String Quartet appears on Pavel Haas and Hans Krása: String Quartets, performed by the Hawthorne String Quartet as part of the Decca series, Entartete Musik, label: Decca 440 853–2.[5] As part of the same series his opera Verlobung im Traum (Betrothal in a Dream) and Symphonie appeared in recordings by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Lothar Zagrosek and Vladimir Ashkenazy respectively, label: Decca 455 587–2.[6]
References
- ^ Taylor, Stephen (1935). Who's who in Central and East-Europe. Central European Times Publishing Company, Limited.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4766-7056-0.
- ^ Universal Edition, Boosey & Hawkes, Bote & Bock (music publishers)
- ^ "Terezín - Theresienstadt". cduniverse.com. 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- New York Magazine(June 9, 1997) pp. 82-83. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ Bates, Peter "Krása - Verlobung im Traum, Symphonie". Classical Net Review Retrieved 1 March 2014.
Further reading
- Karas, Joža. Music in Terezin: 1941-1945. New York: Beaufort Books, 1985. ISBN 0-8253-0287-0.
- Schultz, Ingo & Bek. Josef. Hans Krasa, Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Online. 12 April 2002
External links
- Music and the Holocaust - Hans Krasa
- Comprehensive discography of Terezin Composers by Claude Torres
- Krása's Brundibár and Tanec with samples and a 28-page downloadable booklet onTerezín: The Music 1941-44
- Scherzo on YouTubefrom the op. 2 Quartet, played by the Stamic Quartet
- Orel Foundation - Hans Krasa by Thomas D. Svatos