KRENEK, Ernst
b Vienna, 23 August 1900

He studied with Schreker at the Vienna Academy of Music and at Berlin. He married Mahler's daughter, Anna, in 1922. The success of his opera Jonny spielt auf, first produced in 1927, enabled him to live in comfortable independence though it offended Nazi ideals. He stayed in Vienna until the outbreak of war in 1939, then emigrated to America.

1919 (19)

Serenade for piano, violin, viola and cello

Piano Sonata No 1

1921 (21)

Symphony No 1

String Quartet No 1

String Quartet No 2

1922 (22)

Die Zwingburg, opera

Symphonic Music for nine instruments

Symphony No 2

Symphony No 3

1923 (23)

Der Sprung uber den Schatten, opera

Orpheus und Eurydike, opera

Piano Concerto No 1

String Quartet No 3

String Quartet No 4

1924 (24)

Concerto Grosso

Concertino for flute, violin, cembalon and strings

Violin Concerto No 1

Seven Orchestral Pieces

Symphony for wind and percussion

Violin Sonata No 1

1925 (25)

Jonny spielt auf opera

Mammon, ballet

Der vertauschte Cupido, ballet, after Rameau

1926 (26)

Der Diktator, opera

Drei Lustige Marsche, for orchestra

1926-7 (26-7)

Das Geheime Konigreich, opera

1927 (27)

Schwergewicht, or Die Ehre der Nation, opera

Triumph der Empfindsamkeit, orchestral suite

Potpourri, for orchestra

1928 (28)

Piano Sonata No 2

Little Symphony

1928-9 (28-9)

Leben des Orest, opera

1930 (30)

String Quartet No 5

193(}3 (30-3)

Karl V, opera

1931 (31)

Theme and Thirteen Variations for orchestra

A Little Wind-music

1932 (32)

Cantata on the Transitoriness of Earthly Things

1933-4 (33-4)

Cefalo e Procri, opera

1934 (34)

Piano Sonata No 3

1935-6 (35-6)

The Coronation of Poppea, opera, after Monteverdi

1936 (36)

Adagio and Fugue for string orchestra

String Quartet No 6

1937 (37)

Piano Concerto No 2

1939 (39)

Eight Column Line, ballet

Symphonic Piece for string orchestra

Suite for cello

1940 (40)

Tarquin, opera

Little Concerto for organ, cembalo and chamber orchestra

1941 (41)

Lamentations of Jeremiah, for chorus

1942 (42)

Viola Sonata

1943 (43)

String Quartet No 7

1944 (44)

Cantata for Wartime, for female choir and orchestra

1944-5 (44-5)

Sonata for violin and piano

1945 (45)

Vertrauenssache, opera

1946 (46)

Symphonic Elegy, for string orchestra

Piano Concerto No 3

1947 (47)

Symphony No 4

1947-9 (47-9)

Symphony No 5

1948 (48)

Violin Sonata No 2

Piano Sonata No 4

Sonata for viola and piano

1950 (50)

Dark Waters, one-act opera

Piano Concerto No 4

Double Concerto for violin, piano and chamber orchestra

Piano Sonata No 5

1951 (51)

Concerto for harp and chamber orchestra

Concerto for two pianos and orchestra

Piano Sonata No 6

1952 (52)

Sinfonietta for string orchestra, La Brasiliera

1952-5 (52-5)

Pallas Athene weint, opera

1953 (53)

Concerto for cello and orchestra

1954 (54)

Symphony, Pallas Athene

Violin Concerto No 2

Elf Transparente, for orchestra

1955 (55)

Capriccio for cello and chamber orchestra

Harp Sonata

1955-6 (55-6)

The Belltower, one-act opera

Spiritus Intelligentiae, Sanctus, for voices and electronics

1956 (56)

Monologue, for clarinet

Sonatina for oboe

1957 (57)

Nest of Cards, ballet

Sestina, for soprano, violin, guitar, flute, clarinet, trumpet and percussion

Suite for guitar

1957-8 (57-8)

Missa Duodecim Tonorum, for choir and organ

1959 (59)

Six Motets from Kafka

1961 (61)

Ausgerechnet und Verspielt, opera

1962 (62)

5+1, ballet

Alpbach Quintet, for wind

1963 (63)

Der Coldene Bock, opera

San Fernando Sequence, for electronics

1964 (64)

O Holy Ghost, choral

1966 (66)

Glauben und wissen, choral

Proprium Missae, choral

Der Zauberspiel, television opera

1967 (67)

Five Pieces for trombone and piano

Exercises of a Late Hour, for small orchestra and tape

Horizons Circled, for orchestra

Perspectives, for orchestra

1967-9 (67-9)

Sardakai, opera

1968 (68)

German Mass

Six Profiles, for orchestra

1969 (69)

Fivefold Enfoldment, for orchestra

1970 (70)

Gib uns dem Frieden, choral mass

Duo for flute and double-bass

1971 (71)

Orga-nastro, for organ and tape

1971-2 (71-2)

Kitharaulos, for oboe, harp and small orchestra

1972 (72)

Statisch und Ekstatisch, for orchestra

1973 (73)

Choralvorspiel, for organ

Flaschenpost vom Paradies, for electronics

1974 (74)

Von Vorn Herein, for small orchestra, piano and cello

1974-5 (74-5)

Feierstag, cantata

1975 (75)

Dream Sequence, for wind band

1978 (78)

The Dissembler, for orchestra

1979 (79)

Concerto for organ and strings

Die Vierwinde, for organ

Opus 231, for violin and organ

Krenek has written many articles and books on musical subjects; works for electronics, songs, instrumental duos and trios, film and piano music.