Born in Vienna on 23 August 1900, died in Palm Springs on 22 December 1991; Ernst Krenek was an Austrian-American composer. He studied with Franz Schreker in Vienna and Berlin. In 1927 the jazz opera Jonny spielt auf was premiered in Leipzig and played internationally; later he turned to twelve-note technique, as in the opera Karl V. In 1938 he emigrated to the USA, taught at several colleges and became an American citizen in 1945. His output comprises more than two hundred and thirty opus numbers with operas, symphonies, choral works, chamber music and electronic pieces; he also came to notice as a writer on music. In the Cybele catalogue his Trio op. 107 is heard on New Chamber Music: Clarinet Trios of the 20th Century (2002), played by the Trio Contrasts.
Ernst Krenek
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