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Music for Prague 1968 is a programmatic work written by Czech-born composer Karel Husa for symphonic band and later transcribed for full orchestra, written shortly after the Soviet Union crushed the Prague Spring reform movement in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Karel Husa was sitting on the dock at his cottage in America at the time, listening to the BBC broadcast of the events on the radio. He was deeply moved, and wrote Music for Prague 1968 to memorialize the events. This piece is a standard among wind ensemble repertoire.

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  • Music for Prague 1968 is a programmatic work written by Czech-born composer Karel Husa for symphonic band and later transcribed for full orchestra, written shortly after the Soviet Union crushed the Prague Spring reform movement in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Karel Husa was sitting on the dock at his cottage in America at the time, listening to the BBC broadcast of the events on the radio. He was deeply moved, and wrote Music for Prague 1968 to memorialize the events. This piece is a standard among wind ensemble repertoire. The work was commissioned by Ithaca College and was premiered in January 1969 in Washington, DC at the Music Educators National Conference by Dr. Kenneth Snapp and the Ithaca College Concert Band. (en)
  • 『プラハ1968年のための音楽』(英: Music for Prague 1968)は、カレル・フサが作曲した楽曲で、フサの代表作の一つ。邦題は『プラハのための音楽1968』とされる場合も多い。 (ja)
  • Music for Prague 1968 is programmatische muziek voor harmonieorkest van de Tsjechisch-Amerikaanse componist Karel Husa. Hij heeft het werk werd geschreven om de gebeurtenissen rond de Praagse Lente in 1968 te herdenken. Vanwege het grote succes van deze compositie bewerkte Husa het later ook voor symfonieorkest. De compositie was een opdracht van het Ithaca College School of Music in Ithaca (New York). De première van deze compositie werd verzorgd door de Ithaca College School of Music Concert Band op 31 januari 1969 tijdens de Music Educators National Conference (MENC) in Washington D.C.. De compositie bestaat uit vier delen: Introduction and Fanfare, Aria, Interlude en Toccata and Chorale. Van dit werk zijn diverse opnames gemaakt op langspeelplaat en cd. (nl)
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  • 『プラハ1968年のための音楽』(英: Music for Prague 1968)は、カレル・フサが作曲した楽曲で、フサの代表作の一つ。邦題は『プラハのための音楽1968』とされる場合も多い。 (ja)
  • Music for Prague 1968 is a programmatic work written by Czech-born composer Karel Husa for symphonic band and later transcribed for full orchestra, written shortly after the Soviet Union crushed the Prague Spring reform movement in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Karel Husa was sitting on the dock at his cottage in America at the time, listening to the BBC broadcast of the events on the radio. He was deeply moved, and wrote Music for Prague 1968 to memorialize the events. This piece is a standard among wind ensemble repertoire. (en)
  • Music for Prague 1968 is programmatische muziek voor harmonieorkest van de Tsjechisch-Amerikaanse componist Karel Husa. Hij heeft het werk werd geschreven om de gebeurtenissen rond de Praagse Lente in 1968 te herdenken. Vanwege het grote succes van deze compositie bewerkte Husa het later ook voor symfonieorkest. De compositie was een opdracht van het Ithaca College School of Music in Ithaca (New York). De première van deze compositie werd verzorgd door de Ithaca College School of Music Concert Band op 31 januari 1969 tijdens de Music Educators National Conference (MENC) in Washington D.C.. (nl)
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  • Music for Prague 1968 (en)
  • プラハ1968年のための音楽 (ja)
  • Music for Prague 1968 (Husa) (nl)
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