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Ernst Heinrich Krenek (Czech: [ˈkr̝ɛnɛk], 23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian, later American, composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now (1939), a study of Johannes Ockeghem (1953), and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music (1974).
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) is among the most distinguished and multifaceted composers of the 20th century. Not only was he an outstanding musician and thinker, but also a great writer and educator.
Aug 19, 2024 · Ernst Krenek was an Austrian-American composer, one of the prominent exponents of the serial technique of musical composition. Krenek studied in Vienna and Berlin and was musical assistant at the German opera houses of Kassel (1925–27) and Wiesbaden (1927–28). In 1938 he immigrated to the United.
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) was one of the most prolific musical figures of his time. Born with the century in 1900, he lived until 1991 and was active as a composer for more than seven decades.
Ernst Krenek's over 250 compositions exhibit a unique range among the composers of the twentieth century in their heterogeneity of form and tonal qualities. Explore his various creative periods: from early childhood to mature old age after eight creative decades!
Sep 9, 2024 · Das Krenek Institut ist zentraler Ansprechpartner für Informationen zu Leben und Werk von Ernst Krenek, Komponist, Intellektueller und Zeitzeuge des 20. Jh.
Apr 1, 2014 · A concert presented by the Austrian Cultural Forum’s Vienna Complex series focused on works by Ernst Krenek, who emigrated to America after his music was suppressed by the Nazis.
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May 18, 2018 · Prolific Austrian-American composer Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) experimented widely with styles and techniques of composition, including atonality, neoclassicism, the twelve-tone system, serialism, and electronic music.
Dec 24, 1991 · Ernst Krenek, a composer whose works touched on nearly every avant-garde style of composition in this century, died yesterday in a hospital in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 91 years old and lived...
Dec 22, 1991 · The composer Ernst Krenek in his diary on 23 August 1941. Ernst Krenek had considered leaving Austria as early as 1935, when his play Karl V. failed to open in Vienna for political reasons. However Krenek remained in Austria and in 1937 he had the chance to travel to the USA at the invitation of the Salzburg Opera Guild.
