Study for String Orchestra

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Study for String Orchestra is a poignant orchestral work by Czech composer Pavel Haas, written in the Theresienstadt ghetto and often noted for its emotional depth and historical significance.

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instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Nazi persecution of Jews ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Theresienstadt concentration camp ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Karel Ančerl ⓘ
catalogueNote one of Pavel Haas’s best-known works ⓘ
composer Pavel Haas ⓘ
composerNationality Czech ⓘ
compositionForm study ⓘ
containsElement fugal writing ⓘ
lyrical slow movement ⓘ
rhythmic finale ⓘ
countryOfComposition Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
decadeOfComposition 1940s ⓘ
emotionalCharacter intense ⓘ
poignant ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
genre 20th-century classical music ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
hasMovement Finale ⓘ
Fuga ⓘ
Notturno ⓘ
Preludio ⓘ
hasRecordingBy Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ⓘ
Deutsche Grammophon artists ⓘ
historicalContext Holocaust ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
influencedBy Czech folk idioms ⓘ
Jewish musical heritage ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
memorialRole commemoration of Holocaust victims ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notedFor emotional depth ⓘ
expression of life in Theresienstadt ⓘ
historical significance ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Czech ⓘ
performanceMedium string ensemble ⓘ
placeOfComposition Terezín ⓘ
Theresienstadt ghetto ⓘ
relatedWorkOfComposer String Quartet No. 2 "From the Monkey Mountains" ⓘ
Suite for Oboe and Piano ⓘ
scoredFor string orchestra ⓘ
style Czech modernism ⓘ
neo-classical elements ⓘ
survivingWorkOfComposer true ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 20 minutes ⓘ
usedInContext Holocaust remembrance concerts ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1943 ⓘ

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Pavel Haas → notableWork → Study for String Orchestra ⓘ