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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). Krenek wrote two pieces using the pseudonym Thornton Winsloe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Krenek is the 401st most popular composer (up from 602nd in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Austria (up from 490th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Austrian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ernst Krenek ranks 401 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans Pfitzner, Viktor Ullmann, Mauricio Kagel, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Carl Heinrich Graun, and Charles Auguste de Bériot. After him are Józef Elsner, Eugen Doga, Karl Goldmark, Peter Cornelius, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Ernst Krenek ranks 76. Before him are Gilbert Ryle, Ignazio Silone, Jean Arthur, Filipp Golikov, Sālote Tupou III, and Rudolf Diels. After him are Robert Siodmak, William Heinesen, Fritz London, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Karin Boye, and Violet Brown. Among people deceased in 1991, Ernst Krenek ranks 56. Before him are Daigoro Kondo, Jean Arthur, Gene Tierney, James Irwin, Lee Remick, and Princess Ileana of Romania. After him are Dead, Christian de Castries, Henri de Lubac, William Heinesen, Shapour Bakhtiar, and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ernst Krenek ranks 348 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduchess Barbara of Austria (1539), Hermann Buhl (1924), Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632), and Toni Sailer (1935). After him are Paul Wittgenstein (1887), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347), Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1740), Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (1249), and Franz Jonas (1899).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Ernst Krenek ranks 29. Before him are Joseph Lanner (1801), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787), Clemens Krauss (1893), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), and Max Steiner (1888). After him are Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), Robert Stolz (1880), Oscar Straus (1870), Robert Fuchs (1847), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620), and Johann Strauss III (1866).

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