Ernst Krenek
Composer
1900 – 1991
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Who was Ernst Krenek?
Ernst Krenek was an Austrian, later American, composer of Czech origin. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now, a study of Johannes Ockeghem, and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music. Krenek wrote two pieces using the pseudonym Thornton Winsloe.
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- Born
- Aug 23, 1900
Vienna - Also known as
- Krenek, Ernst
- Spouses
- Anna Mahler
(1924/03 - )
- Anna Mahler
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 22, 1991
Palm Springs
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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