Ernst Křenek

Ernst Křenek , born with Vienna the August 23rd 1900 and died in Palm Springs the December 23rd 1991, was an Austrian type-setter .

Biography

More still than that of its contemporary Alexandre Tansman, his career was clearly divided into two by the Second world war. In the years 1928-1938, it is one of the alive type-setters most played thanks to its opera created in 1927, Johnny spielt auf which tell the history of the opposition between a traditional Violoniste and a violonist of Jazz.

However, as of the Anschluss, he is declared “artist degenerated” by the Nazis and emigrates with the the United States where he studies the medieval music and the serial music . Although there remains very prolific and composes until its death in the most various kinds, Ernst Křenek does not succeed in joining again with its celebrity of antan. During its American period, he is especially recognized as a pedagog and a musicologist, in particular by Glenn Gould.

Principal works

Operas

Der Sprung über den Schatten , COp 17 (1923)
Orpheus und Eurydike , COp 21 (1923)
Jonny spielt auf , COp 45 (1925)
Leben of Orest , COp 60 (1928-29)
Karl V , COp 73 (1931-33)
Dark Toilets , COp 125 (1950)
DER goldene Glass of bier , COp 186 (1962-63)
Der Zauberspiegel , COp 192 (1963-66)
Sardokai, oder Das kommt davon , COp 206 (1967-69)

Vocal music

Music choral society

Die Jahreszeiten (Hölderlin), COp 35 (1925)
Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae , COp 93 (1941-2)
Santa Fe Timetable , COp 102 (1945)
Missa duodecim tonorum , for mixed chorus and organ, COp 165 (1957-58)

Lieder

Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen , COp 62 (1929)
Sestina , for soprano and 8 instruments, op.161 (1957)

Orchestral works

Symphonies

Symphony N° 1, COp 7 (1921)
Symphony N° 2, COp 12 (1922). A symphony dedicated to Anna Mahler, girl of Gustav and creates with the the United States in 1943 by the Symphony orchestra of Mineapolis directed by Dimitri Mitropoulos.
Symphony N° 3, COp 16 (1922)
Symphony for winds and percussions, COp 34 (1924-25)
Small symphony, COp 58 (1928)
Symphony N° 4, COp 113 (1947)
Symphony N° 5, COp 119 (1949)
Symphony " Pallas Athene" , COp 137 (1954)

Concertos and concerting works

Concerto for violin N° 1, COp 29
Small Concerto for harpsichord, organ and chamber orchestra, COp 88
Concerto for violin, piano and small orchestra, COp 124
Concerto for toothing-stone and chamber orchestra, COp 126
Concerto for violoncello N° 1, COp 133
Concerto for violin N° 2, COp 140
Capriccio for violoncello and orchestra, COp 145
Concerto for violoncello N° 2, COp 236
Four concertos for piano
Concertos for organ, in particular concerto COp 230 for organ and string orchestra (COp 235 with complete orchestra)

Chamber music

String quartet

String quartet N° 1, COp 6
String quartet N° 2, COp 8
String quartet N° 3, COp 20
String quartet N° 4, COp 24
String quartet N° 5, COp 65 in E flat
String quartet N° 6, COp 78
String quartet N° 7, COp 96
String quartet N° 8, COp 233

Sonatas

For piano

Sonata N° 1, COp 2 in E flat
Sonata N° 2, COp 59
Sonata N° 3, COp 92 N° 4
Sonata N° 4, COp 114
Sonata N° 5, COp 121
Sonata N° 6, COp 128
Sonata N° 7, COp 240

For violin

Two with piano (N° 1 COp 3 in minor F sharp and N° 2 COp 99)
Two solos (COp 33 and COp 115)

Other works

Serenade for clarinet trio with cords, COp 4
Continuation for violoncello, COp 84
Continuation for guitar, COp 164
Trio with cords, COp 118
Trio with cords Parvula Corona Musicalis: AD honorem Johannis Sebastiani Bach , COp 122
Trio with cords in 12 variations, COp 237

Electronic music

Spiritus Intelligentiae, Sanctus , COp 152, for two votes solos and recorded band its (1956)
San Fernando Sequence , COp 185 (1963)
Exercises of last hour , COp 200 (1967)
Orga-Nastro , COp 212, for organ and recorded band its (1971)
It knew what it wanted , COp 227, with narrator, oboe, piano, percussion and recorded band its (1977)

Discography

The redécouverte of its music started thanks to the collection " Music dégénérée" at Decca. Lothar Zagrosek and the Orchestre of Gewandhaus of Leipzig thus recorded the opera jazz Johnny spielt auf and the N°2 symphony. The concerto for violin was recorded by John Mauceri and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin with works of Kurt Weill and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

External bonds

Official site

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