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{{Short description|Czech composer (1899–1944)}}
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'''Hans Krása''' (30 November 1899 – 17 October 1944) was a [[Czechoslovakia|Czech]] [[composer]], murdered during the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] at [[Auschwitz II-Birkenau|Auschwitz]]. He helped to organize cultural life in [[Theresienstadt concentration camp]].▼
{{Infobox person
| name = Hans Krása
| image = Hans Krása (1899-1944).jpg
| caption = Krása before 1935
| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Prague]], [[Austria-Hungary]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|10|17|1899|11|30|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz-Birkenau]], [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German-occupied Poland]]
| occupation = Composer
}}
▲'''Hans Krása''' (30 November 1899 – 17 October 1944) was a [[
==Life==
Hans Krása was born in
In 1927 he followed Zemlinsky to
''[[Brundibár]]'', a children's opera based on a play by [[Aristophanes]], was the last work Krása completed before he was arrested by the [[National Socialist German Workers Party|Nazis]] on 10 August 1942. Krása was sent to the [[Theresienstadt concentration camp|Theresienstadt ghetto]] where he reworked ''
==Death==
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==Works==
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* ''Symphonie für kleines Orchester'' (1923)
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* ''[[Verlobung im Traum]]'' (''Betrothal in a Dream'') (1928–30)
* ''Die Erde ist des Herrn'' (''The Earth is the Lord's'') (1931)
* ''Kammermusik''
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* ''[[Brundibár]]'' (1938–43)
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* ''Tanec''
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== Recordings ==
His
His
==References==
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== Further reading ==
* Karas, Joža. ''Music in Terezin: 1941-1945''. New York: Beaufort Books, 1985. {{ISBN
* Schultz, Ingo & Bek. Josef. ''Hans Krasa'', Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Online. 12 April 2002
== External links ==
* [http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/theresienstadt/krasa-hans/ Music and the Holocaust - Hans Krasa]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090326061938/http://claudet.club.fr/Terezin/index.html Comprehensive discography of Terezin Composers] by Claude Torres
* [http://romantic-robot.com Krása's Brundibár and Tanec with samples and a 28-page downloadable booklet on][[Terezín: The Music 1941-44]]
* {{YouTube|ZOtplvAy_fk|Scherzo}} from the op. 2 Quartet, played by the Stamic Quartet
* [http://orelfoundation.org/composers/article/hans_krasa Orel Foundation - Hans Krasa] by Thomas D. Svatos
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