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Ernst Krenek
Austrian composer
- From
- Wien, Austria
- Active
- 1900–1991
- Releases
- 53
- classical
- modern classical
About
Ernst Heinrich Krenek (23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian-born later American based multi-award winning composer.
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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.
Discography
Albums
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Berg: Sonata for Piano, op. 1 / Schoenberg: Three Piano Pieces, op. 11 / Křenek: Sonata no. 3 for Piano, op. 92, no. 4
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Streichquartette Nr.1 Op.6 / Nr.2 Op.9
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Streichtrios der Neuen Wiener Schule
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Streichquartette Nr.3 Op.20 ∙ Nr.7 Op.96
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Streichquartette Nr.5 Op.65 / Nr.8 Op.233
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Streichquartette Nr.4 Op.24 / Nr.6 Op.78
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Piano Sonatas Vol. 2
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Piano Sonatas - Klaviersonaten
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Piano Pieces
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Lamentatio Jeremiæ Prophetæ
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Jonny spielt auf
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Chamber Music For Strings
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Symphony No 3 / Potpourri Op. 54
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The Glenn Gould Edition: Hindemith: Das Marienleben / Krenek & Strauss: Lieder
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Lamentatio Jeremiæ Prophetæ
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Symphony no. 2
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Violin Concertos
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Symphony no. 2
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Symphonies 1 & 5
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Neue Musik aus Österreich (II)
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The Complete Works for Cello
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Harp XX
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Karl V.
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Violin Concertos no. 1 & 2 / Double Concerto for Violin and Piano
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The Organ Works
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Streichquartette / String Quartets
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The Legacy of Maria Yudina, Volume 2
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Streichquartette / String Quartets Nos. 3 & 5
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7 Easy Pieces / 5 Short Pieces / Symphonic Elegy / Adagio and Fugue / Symphonic Piece / Brazilian Sinfonietta
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Sechs Motetten nach Worten von Franz Kafka
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Symphony No. 4 / Concerto Grosso
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Krenek: Piano Works
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Works for Violin: Sonatas / Triophantasie
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The 20th-century Concerto Grosso
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Piano Music, Volume One
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Complete Piano Concertos, Volume One
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Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen
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Complete Piano Concertos, Volume Two
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Drang in die Ferne
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Chamber Music And Songs, Volume One
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Gedankenverloren
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Modern Times
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Piano Music, Volume Two
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Schubert: Symphony in C major ("The Great") / Křenek: Static and Ecstatic
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Piano Trios
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Early Piano Works of Ernst Krenek
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Serenade: Works for Clarinet and Strings
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Sonata in C major posth.
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Oboe - Solo and Accompanied
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Tags
- austrian composer
- composer
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- d601a5f6-254f-4ad8-8929-ec01cb059182
- ISNI
- 0000000109309918
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.