Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th Century
Born: Wednesday, June 21, 1899 in Brno, Czechoslovakia
Died: Tuesday, October 17, 1944 in Auschwitz, Poland
Nation of Origin: Czechoslovakia
Major Works:
The Charlatan (opera)
4 Songs on Chinese Poetry (for bass and piano)
Studies for String Orchestra
1 symphony (1941)
3 string quartets
choral works
Other Information:
Pavel Haas studied at the Brno conservatory in Czechoslovakia from 1919 to 1920. He then studied in Janacek's master class from 1920 to 1922. He was taken to the Terezin concentration camp in 1941 and then to Auschwitz in 1944 where he was killed.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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