Křenek, Ernst
Křenek, Ernst (1900–91) US composer, b. Austria, who emigrated to the USA in 1938. From 1920 he experimented with atonal music in Berlin. Living in Vienna after 1930, he adopted the
twelve-tone music technique of Schoenberg. He created a sensation with the jazz opera
Jonny spielt auf (1925–26).
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Assimilation.(Poem)
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 1/1/2003; ; 93 words
; ...unidentified riffs of psalms, marching songs, lullabies, recognize yourself which tree is mine. Years in those hours I loved your atonal music, rose to its heartbeat. A body of water was the dream. I took its element, briefly dispersed. Fiona Wilson grew up in Aberdeen...
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Schoenberg's transformation of musical language.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2007; 149 words
; ...the commonly accepted idea that composer Arnold Schoenberg's music can be divided into periods and demonstrates that his atonal music did not completely break from his earlier techniques. Examining Schoenberg's music for stages of transformation and the evolution...
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Rorem: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, & 3.(Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, and 3)(Sound Recording Review)
Magazine article from: Sensible Sound; 1/1/2004; 258 words
; ...symphonies are excellent. All three are quite listenable (conductor Jose Serebreier's liner notes make the case that in the '50s, atonal music was the rage, and music like this was simply overlooked), and indeed, more than that, they are quite rewarding to listen...
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Frankfurt Ballet. (Opernhaus, Frankfurt, Germany)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 11/1/1994; ; 310 words
; ...but a number of clocks (which bear letters rather than numbers) and a long line strung tautly across the back. To violently atonal music (a computer treatment by Thom Willems of Stravinsky's Apollo) and the ticking of the clocks, the women perform seemingly...
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Is Doris really deadly?(ARTNOTES)(exhibition of the works of art-punk group The Deadly Doris)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Art Monthly; 12/1/2007; 284 words
; ...Bank logo; the group also promoted its identity as a super housewife philosopher. The Deadly Doris became part of the new atonal music scene, playing at Martin Kippenberger's infamous music venue SO 36, which is now a venue for cross-gendered, gays and lesbians...
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Small talk: Camille Paglia on the new age of "Nervous Splendor".(CULTURE KLATSCH)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Interview; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...have thought there was an underlying nervousness, though when we look back we can see it with such clarity. It registers in atonal music or Pablo Picasso's cubist paintings. Picasso goes through his Blue Period, his Rose Period and suddenly, boom! It's 1907...
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Music and ballet 1973-1983.
Magazine article from: National Review; 4/5/1985; ; 284 words
; ...for The Yale Review. In his latest book, Music and Ballet 1973-1983, Haggin zeroes in on an assortment of familiar targets: atonal music, Glenn Gould's perverse approach to Mozart, the latest fashions in opera production. Even his index is abrasive. ( Rockwell...
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Upgrade and Afterlife.
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 10/1/1996; ; 488 words
; ...sources as disparate as rock, folk, and contemporary experimental music (especially Cage), as well as Satie, Stravinsky, atonal music, and the found noises of the street and the apartment. That said, Gastr del Sol's particular brand of innovation bears more...
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Arthur Schnitzler, Tagebuch 1927-1930.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Wort entirely. He continues to visit the theatre and cinema regularly. A work that draws one of his longest comments is Jonny spielt auf, which he saw in the Opera House on 31 January 1928; in the cinema, he found Fritz Lang's Metropolis, which he saw on 23 February...
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Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung.(Opera review)
Magazine article from: Opera Canada; 12/1/2008; ; 408 words
; ...was in great form under the attentive and assured direction of Jacques Lacombe, who highlighted every detail of Bartok's rich score and brought clear-cut counterpoint to the atonal music of Erwartung. --Irene Brisson (trans. Raynald Desmeules
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Ernst Křenek
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Karl V (1933) is entirely in the twelve-tone system. In 1937, Křenek moved to the United States, where became a citizen (1945...Eleven Transparencies (1956) for orchestra and electronic music. Křenek was also known as lecturer, pianist, and the author of Studies...
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serial music
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...to rhythm, dynamics, and timbre, in addition to pitch. Important composers of serial music include Igor Stravinsky, Ernst Křenek, Egon Wellesz, and Walter Piston. For further information see separate articles on all composers mentioned in this...
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