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Born Aug 23, 1900 · Vienna, Austria
Active 1961–1991 · Awards: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna, Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Commander of the Order of Honour (Salzburg), City of Vienna Prize for Music, honorary citizen of Vienna
Ernst Heinrich Krenek 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:…