List of compositions by Ernst Krenek

This is a list of the works of the Austrian, later American, composer Ernst Krenek (1900–1991).

Contents 1 Operas 2 Ballets 3 Vocal Music 4 Orchestral 5 Wind Band 6 Chamber works 7 Piano 8 Electronic music 9 References

Operas

See List of operas by Krenek.

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
• 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

Wind Band

Marches

• Three Merry Marches (1924–26)

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.

References

• Bowles, Garrett H. (comp.) (1989). Ernst Krenek: A Bio-bibliography. New York and London: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313252505
• Bowles, Garrett H. (2001). "Krenek, Ernst". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.