COMPOSER

Ernst Krenek

1900 - 1991

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Krenek has received more than 208,796 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Krenek is the 602nd most popular composer (down from 547th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from Austria (down from 464th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ernst Krenek ranks 602 out of 1,451. Before him are Alexander Arutiunian, Reinhard Keiser, Luis de Milán, Peter Sculthorpe, Isabella Leonarda, and Giacinto Scelsi. After him are Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Tikhon Khrennikov, Korla Awgust Kocor, Francesco Feo, Agustín Lara, and Johann Gottlieb Goldberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Ernst Krenek ranks 114. Before him are Muhammad Asad, Valko Chervenkov, Oskar Fischinger, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Srinagarindra, and Mikhail Katukov. After him are Lidia Ruslanova, Vítězslav Nezval, Santos Urdinarán, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Alfred Newman, and Luigi Longo. Among people deceased in 1991, Ernst Krenek ranks 85. Before him are Yevgeny Dragunov, Berenice Abbott, Joachim Kroll, Daigoro Kondo, Helmut Walcha, and Jean Bruller. After him are Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Kevin Peter Hall, Vasko Popa, Shintaro Abe, Heidi Brühl, and Richard Thorpe.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ernst Krenek ranks 490 out of 1,424. Before him are Rudolf Spielmann (1883), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), Pauline von Metternich (1836), Karl Menger (1902), Carl Djerassi (1923), and Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein (1690). After him are Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (1629), Richard Gerstl (1883), Freddy Quinn (1931), Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347), Johann Nestroy (1801), and Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Ernst Krenek ranks 35. Before him are Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Robert Stolz (1880), Oscar Straus (1870), Hans Krása (1899), and Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715). After him are Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855), Robert Fuchs (1847), Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765), Carl Zeller (1842), Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843), and Johann Strauss III (1866).

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