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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.
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GenderMale
Birthday1900-08-23
Deathday1991-12-22 (91 years old)
Birth NameErnst Heinrich Křenek
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
SpouseBerta Hermann
CitizenshipsAustria, United States of America
AwardsCommander of the Order of Honour (Salzburg), Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Gold Decoration for Services to the City of Vienna, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, City of Vienna Prize for Music, honorary citizen of Vienna, Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen, Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
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