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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 (* 23. August 1900 in Wien; † 22. Dezember 1991 in Palm Springs, Kalifornien; ursprünglich Křenek) war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist österreichischer Herkunft. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Auszeichnungen. 3 Werke (Auswahl) 3.1 Kompositionen. 3.2 Schriften. 3.3 Briefwechsel. 4 Literatur. 5 Weblinks. 6 Einzelnachweise.
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Teaching. Chronology. One Man, One Century. To the compositional work. 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.
Ernst Krenek (born Aug. 23, 1900, Vienna, Austria—died Dec. 23, 1991, Palm Springs, Calif., U.S.) 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 ...
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Ernst Krenek’s long life, his inexhaustible creative energy, and a continual willingness to further develop his compositional means of expression led to an extensive musical œuvre. In their heterogeneity of form and tonal qualities, his more than 250 works exhibit a unique range among the composers of the twentieth century.
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.
