List of compositions by Ernst Krenek
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This is a list of the works of the Austrian, later American, composer Ernst Krenek
Ernst Krenek
Ernst Krenek was an Austrian of Czech origin and, from 1945, American composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now , a study of Johannes Ockeghem , and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music...

(1900–1991).

Ballets

  • Mammon op. 37 (1925)
  • Der vertauschte Cupido op. 38 (1925)
  • Eight Column Line op. 85 (1939)

Vocal Music

Choral
  • Die Jahreszeiten (Hölderlin), op. 35 (1925)
  • Kantate von der Vergänglichkeit des Irdischen, op. 72 (1932)
  • Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae, op. 93 (1941–2)
  • Santa Fe Timetable, op. 102 (1945)
  • Missa duodecim tonorum, op. 165, mixed choir and organ (1957–8)
  • O Holy Ghost, op. 186A (1964)
  • Three Madrigals, SSA a cappella (1960)


Solo vocal
With piano unless otherwise indicated:
  • Lieder, op. 19 on texts by Otfried Krzyzanowski and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
    Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
    Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was a German poet.-Biography:Klopstock was born at Quedlinburg, the eldest son of a lawyer.Both in his birthplace and on the estate of Friedeburg on the Saale, which his father later rented, young Klopstock passed a happy childhood; and more attention having been given...

  • O Lacrymosa op. 48 (1926); text written for Krenek by Rilke, also orch. ver. op. 48a
  • Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen (text by the composer), op. 62 (1929)
  • The Ballad of the Railroads op. 78 (1944, text by the composer)
  • Sestina (text by the composer), op.161, soprano and 8 instruments (1957)

Orchestral

Symphonies
  • Symphony no. 1, op. 7 (1921)
  • Symphony no. 2, op. 12 (1922)
  • Symphony no. 3, op. 16 (1922)
  • Symphony for winds and percussion, op. 34 (1924–25)
  • Little Symphony op. 58 (1928)
  • Symphony no. 4, op. 113 (1947)
  • Symphony no. 5, op. 119 (1949)
  • Symphony "Pallas Athene", op. 137 (1954)


Concertos and concertante works
  • Violin
    • Violin concerto no. 1, op. 29
    • Violin concerto no. 2, op. 140
  • Cello
    • Violoncello concerto no. 1, op. 133
    • Capriccio for cello and orchestra, op. 145
    • Violoncello concerto no. 2, op. 236
  • Piano
    • Piano Concerto no.1
    • Piano Concerto no.2
    • Piano Concerto no.3
    • Piano Concerto no.4
  • Harp
    • Concerto for harp and chamber orchestra, op. 126
  • Organ
    • Organ Concerto op. 230
    • Organ Concerto op. 235
  • Other
    • Little concerto for harpsichord, organ and chamber orchestra, op. 88
    • Concerto for violin, piano and small orchestra, op. 124

Chamber works

  • Monologue for clarinet solo (1956)
  • Serenade for clarinet and string trio, op. 4
  • Five Pieces for trombone and piano (1967)
  • Flute players serenade: rondo for four flutes (as Thornton Winsloe)
  • Sonata for viola solo, op. 92 no. 3 (1942)
  • Sonata for viola and piano, op. 117 (1948)
  • Sonata no. 1 for violin solo, op. 33
  • Sonata no. 2 for violin solo, op. 115
  • Sonata no. 1 in F-sharp minor for violin and piano, op. 3
  • Sonata no. 2 for violin and piano, op. 99
  • Sonatine for Bb bass clarinet and piano (as Thornton Winsloe)
  • String quartet no. 1, op. 6
  • String quartet no. 2, op. 8
  • String quartet no. 3, op. 20
  • String quartet no. 4, op. 24
  • String quartet no. 5, op. 65 in E-flat
  • String quartet no. 6, op. 78
  • String quartet no. 7, op. 96
  • String quartet no. 8, op. 233
  • String trio, op. 118
  • String trio Parvula Corona Musicalis: ad honorem Johannis Sebastiani Bach, op. 122
  • String trio in 12 Stations, op. 237
  • Suite for cello solo, op. 84
  • Suite for guitar, op. 164

Piano

  • Sonata no. 1, op. 2 in E-flat (1919)
  • Sonata no. 2, op. 59
  • Sonata no. 3, op. 92, no. 4 *
  • Sonata no. 4, op. 114
  • Sonata no. 5, op. 121
  • Sonata no. 6, op. 128
  • Sonata no. 7, op. 240

Electronic music

  • Spiritus Intelligentiae, Sanctus, op. 152, two solo voices and tape (1956)
  • San Fernando Sequence, op. 185 (1963)
  • Exercises of a Late Hour, op. 200 (1967)
  • Orga-Nastro, op. 212, organ and tape (1971)
  • They Knew What They Wanted, op. 227, narrator, oboe, piano, percussion and tape (1977)


*The rest of op. 92 contains works for other instrumental combinations, including solo viola and solo organ.
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