Haas, Pavel
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:
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
Salzman, Eric, Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction, Pearson, October 2001, ISBN: 0130959413
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679
Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109
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Biographical essay from Wikipedia
Biography at Czech Music Information Centre
