Ernst Krenek | |
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 Ernst Krenek in 1937 | |
| Born | Ernst Heinrich Křenek 23 August 1900 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 22 December 1991 (aged 91) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
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.