Ernst Krenek
Austrian/American composer (1900–1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernst Heinrich Krenek (Czech: [ˈkr̝ɛnɛk], 23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) 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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Born | Ernst Heinrich Křenek (1900-08-23)23 August 1900 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 22 December 1991(1991-12-22) (aged 91) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
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