Karel Husa

Karel Husa was a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1954, he emigrated to the United States and became an American citizen in 1959. ^{Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor (d. 2016)}

7 August 1921

Born on the same birth date (7 August 1921): Manitas de Plata

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