Hans Krása
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Composition list
Opera and lyrical music
Chamber music
Symphonic music
Vocal music
Compositions sorted on opus (if available)
Op. 4
Sheet music for Hans Krasa
Tanec (1943) — Hans Krasa
Cello, Viola, Violin, String Trio — — Classical, Contemporary
For Violin, Viola and Violoncello. Composed by Hans Krasa (1899-1944). Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical, Contemporary. Boosey & Hawkes #M202517536. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48014997).
Price: $30.00
Brundibar (1938/43) Opera For Children [cz/g/e] Voc Sc — Hans Krasa
— — Opera
Composed by Hans Krasa (1899-1944). BH Stage Works. Opera. 80 pages. Bote & Bock #M202517529. Published by Bote & Bock (HL.48014996).
Price: $50.00
Hans Krasa: Brundibar — Sr. Maria Veronika Gruters
— CD — Classical
By Sr. Maria Veronika Gruters and St Ursula Gymnasium Freiburg. By Hans Krasa (1899-1944). Classical. CD. Christophorus #CHE 02112. Published by Christophorus (NX.CHE-02112).
Price: $9.00
Brundibar — Hans Krasa
Voice and Piano — Book Only — Opera or Operetta
Opera for children. Composed by Hans Krasa (1899-1944). Opera or Operetta. Book Only. 74 pages. Bote und Bock #SCHBB6600212. Published by Bote und Bock (BT.SCHBB6600212).
Price: $36.00
Overture — Hans Krasa
Orchestra — Score Only —
For small Orchestra. Composed by Hans Krasa (1899-1944). Score Only. Bote und Bock #SCHBB6400953. Published by Bote und Bock (BT.SCHBB6400953).
Price: $22.00
Bennewitz Quartet: String Quartets by Ullmann, Krasa, Schulhoff, & Haas — Bennewitz Quartet
— — Classical
By Bennewitz Quartet. By Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas (1889-1944), Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942), and Hans Krasa (1899-1944). Classical. Supraphon Music Publishing #SU4265-2. Published by Supraphon Music Publishing (NX.SU4265-2).
Price: $19.00
Brundibar - A Opera for Children — Hannelore Brenner-Wonschick
— 2CD Only —
Feature: Brundibar und die Kinder von Theresienstadt. Composed by Hannelore Brenner-Wonschick and Hans Krasa (1899-1944). 2CD Only. Beriato Music #SCHEDA15. Published by Beriato Music (BT.SCHEDA15).
Price: $27.00
Black Oak Ensemble: Silenced Voices — Black Oak Ensemble
— — Classical
By Black Oak Ensemble. By Dick Kattenburg, Paul Hermann, Sandor Kuti, Hans Krasa (1899-1944), Geza Frid (1904-1989), and Gideon Klein (1919-1945). Classical. Cedille Records #CDR 189. Published by Cedille Records (NX.CDR-189).
Price: $16.00
Passacaglia and Fugue — Blanka Cervinkova
Violin, Viola and Violoncello — Set (Score & Parts) —
By Blanka Cervinkova. By Hans Krasa (1899-1944). Set (Score & Parts). 44 pages. Bote und Bock #SCHBB1400446. Published by Bote und Bock (BT.SCHBB1400446).
Price: $24.00
Brundibar - A Opera for Children — Hannelore Brenner-Wonschick
— 2 CDs —
Feature: Brundibar und die Kinder von Theresienstadt. Composed by Hannelore Brenner-Wonschick and Hans Krasa (1899-1944). Recording mediums. 2 CDs. Duration 86' 1''. MDS (Music Distribution Services) #EDA 15. Published by MDS (Music Distribution Services) (M7.EDA-15).
Price: $34.00
Krása’s first surviving composition is a set of orchestral songs which formed his graduation work at the German academy. The work that established his reputation was the children’s opera Brundibar, which was later a beacon of light in the darkness of Terezin. In Terezin he wrote A Dance, Passacaglia and Fuga for string trio, Three Poems on Verses by Rimbaud, an Overture and a number of sketches. He also wrote a Symphony and a String Quartet which met with success in Paris. His works were performed in Paris, Zurich, Boston and Philadelphia.
Hans Krása was born in Prague to a musically talented family. By the time he was eleven, pieces by him had recieved public performances. He studied in the German Academy of Music in Prague with Alexander Zemlinsky and later worked with several artists in Prague. When he was deported to Terezin, he devoted himself completely to composition, but not all of his works from there survived. After rewriting his opera Brundibar by SS command to be used in a Nazi propaganda film, he outlived his usefulness for the Nazis and met his death in Auschwitz in the same day with Pavel Haas and Viktor Ullmann.
(contribution by Guy Rauscher <rauscher@netvision.net.il>)
[in Dutch]
Hans Krása staat bekend om zijn kinderopera Brundibár (1938-‘43, Theresienstadt). Hij studeerde aan de Duitse Muziekakademie in Praag, waar Zemlinsky zijn mentor was en zijn interesse in Mahler en Schönberg aanmoedigde. In de jaren ‘20 werd Krása beïvloed door Franse muziek, met name Debussy, Ravel, Les Six en Stravinsky. Hij studeerde een paar maanden bij Roussel in Parijs en daarna in Berlijn. In 1928 keerde hij terug naar Praag.
Beschouwd als veelbelovend componist werd zijn werk al uitgevoerd in Parijs en Boston; zijn prijswinnende opera Verlobung im Traum werd in het Neue Deutsche Theater in Praag uitgevoerd. Hij kon Praag niet op tijd ontvluchten voor de Duitse bezetting in 1939. Hij werd als jood gedeporteerd naar Theresienstadt (Tsj.: Terezín), waar hij voor Nazi-propaganda op film is opgenomen, tijdens een inspectie van het Internationale Rode Kruis. Hij werd geëxecuteerd in Auschwitz in 1944.
(contribution by Robbert Muuse <robbertmuuse@hotmail.com>)