Ernst Krenek
Austrian/American composer (1900-1991) · Austria · On the map · Musicians · Died at 91
Ernst Heinrich Krenek 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).
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Krenek wrote two pieces using the pseudonym Thornton Winsloe.
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György LigetiBoth received City of Vienna Prize for Music
Tan DunBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgHelmut LachenmannBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Gottfried von EinemBoth received City of Vienna Prize for Music
Hans Werner HenzeBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Wolfgang RihmBoth received Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg