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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György LigetiAlso won City of Vienna Prize for Music
Marie Luise KaschnitzAlso won Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen
Karl SeitzAlso won honorary citizen of Vienna
H. C. ArtmannAlso won Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna
Alfredo CasellaAlso won Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music
Wolfgang RihmAlso won Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgAbout this person
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). Krenek wrote two pieces using the pseudonym Thornton Winsloe.
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AustriaCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1991 · aged 91
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