Composer

Ernst Krenek

Austrian/American composer (1900–1991)

1900–1991

55 works and musical collections

Born: 1900
Died: 1991
Birthplace: Vienna
Place of death: Palm Springs
Citizenship / historical state: Austria; United States
Period (estimated from birth year): Modern

Biography

Ernst Heinrich Krenek (23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian-born later American based multi-award winning composer.

He explored atonality and other modern styles and published a number of books, including Music Here and Now (1939), a study of Johannes Ockeghem (1953), and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music (1974). Krenek wrote two pieces using the pseudonym Thornton Winsloe.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; conductor; musicologist; university teacher; writer; music journalist; journalist; dramaturge; musician
Education: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna; Vassar College
Teachers: Arnold Schoenberg; Franz Schreker
Career institutions / employers: Vassar College; University of California, San Diego
Recorded memberships: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Genres: opera; symphony
Movements: 20th-century classical music
Awards: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna; Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg; Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna; Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria; Commander of the Order of Honour (Salzburg); City of Vienna Prize for Music; honorary citizen of Vienna; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art; Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen; Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music
Official website: http://www.krenek.at
Birth name: Ernst Heinrich Křenek
Pseudonym: Thornton Winsloe
Languages used: German; Czech
VIAF ID: 108254785
ISNI: 0000000109309918
GND ID: 118566636
Library of Congress ID: n79068663
MusicBrainz ID: d601a5f6-254f-4ad8-8929-ec01cb059182

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, Voice High, violin, Guitar, Recorder
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
On The High Mountains (Krenek E)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Streamliner (Krenek E.)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Rhythm	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3 Short Pieces (Krenek E)	See work details	Clarinet Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Melody	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Walking On A Stormy Day	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Little Cheesman (Krenek E.)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sailing Boat Reflected Pd(Krenek	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
6 Violine und Klavier	See work details	Piano Guitar violin 1 more instruments Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata No3 Op92 #4 Pno(Krenek E)	Catalogue / opus Op92	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Peaceful Mood (Krenek E.)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Boat Slowly Sailing (Krenek E	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
4: Violine und Gitarre	See work details	Piano Guitar violin 1 more instruments Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bells In The Fog (Krenek E.)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2: Sopranblockflote und Gitarre	See work details	Piano Guitar violin 1 more instruments Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
7: Altblockflote, Violine und Gitarre	See work details	Piano Guitar violin 1 more instruments Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
So spat, so spat noch steht im Gebirg der Wein	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Spatlese, noch am Stock, wenn junger Wein schon gart	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ein spater Gast tritt ein	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Im Gefalle der Zeit verwischt die fliessende	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Zu Boden gedruckt von schleichendem Unmut	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dort, wo in leichter Kurve die Strasse sich hinschwingt	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Peace: When will you ever, peace	See work details	Piano Voice High Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Patience: Patience, hard thing	See work details	Piano Voice High Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
On a piece of music (Kunst der Fuge): How all's to one thing wrought	See work details	Piano Voice High Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Moonrise: I awoke in the Midsummer	See work details	Piano Voice High Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Schwarze Muse: Einflusterin Stimme, was neigst du so tonlose Lippen dem Ohr?	See work details	Piano Voice High Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Der Schatten: Einziger Augenblick unbemerkt	See work details	Piano Voice High Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ihr Schwure gegen das Vergessen	See work details	Piano Voice High Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Spruchband: Den Geborenen schreckt das Licht	See work details	Piano Voice High Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Wechselrahmen: Ein Totenhafen	See work details	Piano Voice High Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Heller als Glassteine	See work details	Piano Voice High Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dancing Toys,Op.83#1	Catalogue / opus Op.83	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Indian-Summer Day	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Glass Figures (Krenek E.)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Moon Rises,The	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1: Klavier vierhandig	See work details	Piano Guitar violin 1 more instruments Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3 Altblockflote, Tenorblockflote und ein drittes Instrument (Violine)	See work details	Piano Guitar violin 1 more instruments Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
lib	See work details	Piano Guitar violin 1 more instruments Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
5: Sopranblockflote und Violine	See work details	Piano Guitar violin 1 more instruments Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Quer durch die Felder des Schweigens	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Wenn Nebel zur Au sinkt	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Der Tag nimmt nur noch funfzehn Minuten zu	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Boat Slowly Sailing, A (Krenek E	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
vocabulary	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Meter	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Two-Part Counterpoint	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Three-Prt Counterpoint	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 108254785.