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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.
Apr 16, 2024 · Das Krenek Institut ist zentraler Ansprechpartner für Informationen zu Leben und Werk von Ernst Krenek, Komponist, Intellektueller und Zeitzeuge des 20. Jh.
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).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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!
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Born in Vienna at the dawn of the twentieth century, the composer Ernst Krenek (1900 – 1991) began his career in the musical salons of Weimar Berlin and ended it half way across the world in the recording studios of Southern California.
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. Ernst Krenek was born on August 23, 1900, in Vienna, Austria, to Czech parents.
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