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Title	Music for Prague 1968
Article no.	9481870
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Contemporary Wind Music (1945-present)
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Series title	Concert Band Series
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Year of publication	1986
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Composer	Husa, Karel
Difficulty level	4
Evaluation level of countries	C5 (Swiss highest class)
Duration	18:30
Additional info/contents	This striking and historically significant work is included on many state competition lists and is highly regarded as an important contribution to the contemporary literature for wind orchestra. Composed in 1968, it commemorates the Eastern Bloc's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Prt PicFlt Flt 1,2 Ob 1,2 EHrn Fag 1,2 CtrFag EsClr Clr 1,2,3 AClr BClr CAClr (BSax doub) CBClr (BsSax doub) ASax 1,2 TSax BSax (CAClr doub) BsSax (CBClr doub) Trp 1,2,3,4 Hrn in F 1,2,3,4 Trb in C 1,2 BsTrb in C Euph 1,2 Tub in C (multiple players necessary) KB Tmp Perc 1,2,3,4,5: -Antique-Cym (pitched C-E-B) -BD -SD (2-3) -MCym -Mar -SuCym (3: small, medium and large) -TamTam (3: small, medium, large) -TmTm (3: small, medium, large) -Trng (3: small, medium, large) -RGlk -Vib -Xyl

No.	Track title	Duration	Sound sample
1	Introduction and Fanfare	6:13
2	Aria	5:14
3	Interlude	3:57
4	Toccata and Chorale	7:28

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	Format
	Music for Prague 1968 (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Music for Prague 1968 (concert/wind band), full score
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