Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Ernst Krenek: The Man and His Music
Ernst Krenek: The Man and His Music
Ernst Krenek: The Man and His Music
Ebook844 pages12 hours

Ernst Krenek: The Man and His Music

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

When Ernst Krenek's opera Jonny spielt auf (Jonny plays on) opened in Leipzig in 1927, it became an instant and spectacular success. Performed in over a hundred cities and translated into a dozen languages, it became the most popular opera of this century. And Austrian-born Krenek, easily one of this century's most prolific major composers, became a wealthy man. Ten years later, however, he found himself a destitute refugee, fleeing to the United States as Hitler's troops invaded Austria. His work, always avant-garde, had become increasingly political; Hitler banned it and labeled Krenek a "cultural Bolshevist." The composer endured long periods of hardship and neglect before his music, which was much admired by such colleagues as Stravinsky and Alban Berg but strange to American ears, was rediscovered by Europeans after the war. Eventually it brought him financial security and many honors, including the Gold Medal of Vienna and the Cross of Austria, and it has been celebrated by festivals in Vienna, Salzburg, Berlin, and other cities. Krenek, who in 1945 became an American citizen, has been as experimental and broad-ranging in his compositions as he has been prolific. His 240 musical works illustrate brilliantly the principal musical trends of the century: Neoromantic tonality, Neoclassicism, free atonality, the twelve-tone technique, integral serialism, and electronic music. In addition, Krenek has also been an accomplished teacher and writer. He has taught some of America's leading composers and has several collections of essays in both German and English to his credit. In this first major biography of Krenek, Stewart chronicles both the personal and the professional events of this brilliant, resilient composer's life. He not only explains Krenek's music in terms that enable us to comprehend and appreciate its character but vividly illustrates how Krenek's imagination has been affected by his experiences, his associates, and the massive social and artistic changes of the twentieth century. Many of the most important music figures cross the landscape of this life—Franz Schreker, Artur Schnabel, T. W. Adorno, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Dimitri Mitropoulos, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau—confirming Krenek's position as one of the world's foremost composers. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 29, 2024
ISBN9780520311091
Ernst Krenek: The Man and His Music
Author

John L. Stewart

John L. Stewart was Provost Emeritus of John Muir College at the University of California, San Diego, and the author of John Crowe Ransom and The Burden of Time.

Related to Ernst Krenek

Related ebooks

Related articles

Reviews for Ernst Krenek

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Ernst Krenek - John L. Stewart

    i fbook_preview_excerpt.html˒ǒ%+.Z" (IAdFfanL?2XZL/kd{#S##R/=GU,`U^"3#aϣGՏyc~_޾|S:.><oz*tuج'Oo~ïՓW߾s~V{ok=elzՏYۏ~5WqPIhHׄDZJ3ZԢz5էY}E۴[uûM#:ɏzʫf9AwǓ04e۬]T>࿿uE~ao?nշmس!v;>6o+]];-ZOݪk٩e#oQnc7՝9흻_ܯnڇ}n'q{j('^߹ީnߏ?>NCStׯ{oŷOo_{rzu{WWOߥI14J6?]La]d7>xXJ_G]":ܝkvNeʮUo YmsW9)"Xy'Ӌ(.ςo+0w98{sq^_=8W7Y~~Yr;|N67puȲҏZ'>Wo_tw>|V=;{WEuٛ7gQ~>{үoz:=|_=y_eA?<~+|t=wޟ|ӯ7޾͇'yq<~zFA4œ?=~^[;7MO?\,r_Br'/+Qr_= ~Ǜ޿wbV?W?E_U9?{SIxՙ\go)zW[q7:^}*fߑ}:{nn>;|^ys{={:{Obap 6655^ۛkwWهgms{'g>ao|3.'fTFx|{'u;\{\\ߜ'WVZ[1|?\ó'o_?{?oߊ@?5'߼쳛ߞ:-<}D?d/Fգɹvb]3΃6+Mݱ3QAИe/:z۴m qRϢO]M1bzmq/: K9 A h.ms)ury²lVjǿtKv)~kV/c%O7Z xZ3̂8 6_.L~4W (f7ve R^^T'v#_8Ⱥ. &O 7X3~L֡UHv,%pC?4* BM?,UhڰlU<O,>U&XFIbh'nqwyQ􃵌|H4,>g/G|tϲ?fS_*Xh!?\~Qr+$k\nܗ҈*ı ڠϒvGϵX^L>K/WsOZ 8D|0+RTHB"Br̝mĹO+'}+0{9nT] 8<%^:Wdճ/8MVUWy4{9|<7^cI4p{9" BZFBXIG:Ϧs_뵨rjĢx/yqpy5ʻzHvj)o+n|s'9F AvV?DraQZjVVg(&5?dA\,?mk)b\_ ^7#Oj{UqqXI4=D#PIlC%D'<ɗeY'&o;4Y*SYc5Y8gE+)J/H8`[t)hW&r2]8X}y5սQ'h'H8AIs7⿌"k=pj"5<'I^ G,rڗDuGwEXZpvo;>eqf6f[etYZFG2Ozލ?/@{H%Nkq?S_7u^ms?yU# Lo0FX}tݴNcB~U`=}Hh.%Udc8 +8OE^<%cW+,[-6jK۶Vҝl 0gȇEzwȁ1e. nDR.-%~.߬ش "+r]9 4 q-r>;59X{v [?f6Mįh2{%uL *pt r%Pw`P'F廜98CnuضjD MYʡ"M#K/eƔaJT f1z,[#P DG|D1A6pqKOy(`ZNYwu(>R 7uM멙դf" K>*Im,\D:Ǻ_y$^EF~.(W72[3BJO ~S= i5;LFz/n-}ũ\jb1i]SwubZdW4}X`}E6ʗp[/t'5]t!v|KF"`K[~]XeV+Ȋ8.$tR# P!y"0Yez_DGLY8 ]ayqC5JmDG4V69&1#P:pFF9~8K/wZ>3JNGNν^H c2 E<8 Dilpl9ExO4K3> g%cc!ctdRY!|ZTOčnj5~ # V^̭,8]C TIEl#d5 uŐ˕]6.QE0%pC[E'ZTQA'j5m= "LǵT~wH\=kjbr:HtX|Fv\My '|Լ.)}9In ;>5,ZTcrJ,d4_rZnu,HAWNU0h$D9kuX1+N=Teax:̈́_oiBv\ -OC00khnF4}OY'qpjW3P8BC(=FF|Dbɿyʑ,@,ܺcʓ;}g.V|6=r'1kzc!DllkP`5VD*f3z5yf*(DN)$A=:q%Np{|1e!%gc$ 8 >γ;⮫d'&έ-OHTXs)aޥVxӷra$j\X*NlwƐt-7iyH C,[(8HPuՈbc3jNHRD}oY7gMCcc"E N"e6(fε7,zLea/ ;* /N%qTn.eL#MvYO N־Y#z_i@L~5bUWDZO\5Ծ1%eLhY"HŖVDSXRɹ[m1AS@r@ 4)db˜qxHN 0PW)kg^FT{PǶxWks7m)[טQi rAϮ>ʦ& _,, JqO&=*B`E $ξ[M(B(BY7LlyBH5}|"?s/ŃGV>\lx[:<|naYVmB+귾1@|sY{6ĮȰ+}$^ {tɗoЧau2ߤ|ӊ@,K0BݯChpcд@| w$bIWo2-c+bp̦f'8 v,Q"=^s"c\e 2a6ʉ;;8O6`"zy7="x)ꨄ-$4P@ΕVK֨LVF۰  C")L%1%Be2t~?кHCâ=L܋j&SiⲌ cz7~−[ ˦,CjUCfط1̴}q@ zQ3$k<.5 ly-VɦN8G\s7x f3H$4>mOVYr\pLkj 8\MIJ!-p{G3DKW35g@OpH6]+0zDrxW>P1Ljj}pT[Z'6OC^OyyHX6(ԥ)u 1PiM~mڌ5{GK?u '5@1S!t{ݪt+NR{- (yWUC߫xTF6{7>?h80F̫g[aK_b8]TZNrqxX@-e{}]'w'x7 ,T% k-j7Z ,̻  F}:~JMZ _W(шgJ!oqtভ%lȒ+{q52jO!aUoϴ23s OUdw>1-̼]6YR cQ=F躆!vZUAGƭ?Ã0\ &X3o ai Ru!rJ${MK` kwS[~b@{SQ #kvMMJZRi=6Z1WO;[@` ;~*)*QERtI>qKjLʔR& C Wț2nv據[w}nZ+\04ZIe0 n6n Z?v)lX]G#׀u!h$@FY[l52 GΞ2Wݤ)hNs+v4B,۩Le}(z7 jS9hp&A=Hz6-Xx➬#I[`E&t#Z+q]J~2XeTX }FEq[Ԉ_Z[ K(ȥѪop5+s;tLlRO:,)VXF7%Vzj@gAQtI*N.y9~э]kȃ3F E @Sx3k+Q.J;Q1g_&mXBU調 P4}ђ3K^\] w=h֍+.6w1QI{HllMR5}eSSr^;2K#^6`>K>֔"dmDHB"ތ#͢}mӊf r5O8z078Wlh'&E'Fwnd}XʕPtxCoQQ@ -RA"aivR|~Qޛ2yfz*uH~I-p8a^](<}Eܷc@7/I zrNQ&8R5,ra<~ԓ: æ)nAl;jkkUHd#H<#j&L3XL1ً} L~sYYBqex?<{SE_>ZK {UֳVv ,QeN΢Ӈ銡%J$ 8,G ~hBF\i7Qj) HįZ5+ AY DW1[f-n<%ʄxG12n"Cco"d-( 'NFK &q(gj.KJ[ܟ\)ib3Bױ&4*z*҅qQ\ \w 0vBޅZvD魇Nk@{^mТTư C.&|Eh+7ƾ3. Zܶ`pV@:_uM@BM)P0fE68Eb2|ݷa핖Yhaܓ"N)AEOq5^0$ Dԥx?`ܰL`8Ftѫh1j<7JٟA?}Wˆv䵸U#s{-n@Lz*}No*#MVWi\yb-imݑnoұۚdFOv# E6kۏ.Ș ci-|66fѴIŹ衆*{Tjcto8tR{Cg`m\2?(Nps x0$rJ4Y^ӧ}Yk1ZҺXD,@x .x+wi-=ҳ%sAgH-8>[躨>{[Z3nORR {7#~۳Ig5fQ(FwqnUePT$<;+83 瀰0FQ"_AnU٩Bzl&%!ܚNi)nc* JhS\Ŕt栜 6q繃B>Y vi=[w޽{ tXf~ܟ:Uk;,p`UaZR.%H u5wo|E`.Y{ )YF#ȔԕW\ge*0d2M`LkW&W. ;NoZh4GDlX88Mj`dZ5h& Mm ;^iT\8jaN=< 8EqVG.~,AUFD|XO_Krׄ,Kw7(#ݙTM %5*Ket䤋j NJV ](:BMs aTXk-c˳_t}w\2Bwp@-S|j1U01Ee0I}@ i_PDHqIެPPg0#+i,`b#:)1cֶRn@]d!t ]/O*vh lr!S*Cԇ6FE HO~ʝ*M}7 (LI-ǭv^sD= (U$8ɧov$UNct)U^K?xĽSRĐ)&1lǯOȺXctuEڸ Q.V ό.Ex[DE_vpޣ~=%٢zc *r~V\-FKؔS!^:k87:IlzKy-)g#j<G}dG|kLKCK6Z6w|Pڞ Ո[PBWG{'Q)}}C :2%>Y~y>-9a bb~FW>}t?(rֿ~C};91*}wǿ+"KW5xm3Xi-o#ǽ{=I^sS/h ,a;{: ]Q e~I[W,}+C+f s}M9}g(Gb `󅵫n[3k#2027u_ vp)4k8_?83Sjg#68)NR}$Hg;V~㥾kϿ}p7-csrvniG_}z'Gd@ ?=%e>]"I$ɛ۸ej1dHL 6zNkbUn=ad-VF}X|3;oM|fK۰B١Fy:Z,WqNYI$L'pkt%tM3Ҙܘnʬ_geft`8%OҖu4\#0zV^5I촯4.%^6Gn0C( "RClYZޜ`oAag3ynJF~ےx>]W[%zLDPzXأe}71\w,)9ɄLL ;E&f4WaIQ ;~SsrwHQ9^K$!{" =En֜nzx˒,ETGem (L=,Sy9%r2 =I\9d;궣-ג99S#a|Z|ɐq QR`C17 Ƈ1TƆ%HsJi{+$GnS ep[C9cUZ666њBPJ\1p˦(nrбɝ5>C((\k&B4A"WγkĊLq;Ek9X*h.4'5Lh&GG'2U,k]m5u$2ag $ךtgM60O%ęUYIb62vo"]$OmzÐ$M$0;S}z`i! c%[E/{­uӼziWRNΓª>0! |(Ef[%>O]Ï92W7<`ā[ q sABk??zMUI!hG[YmF9bfmg/{t dT1 |绁x鰷 `Z,jlg_&٠ciPOFj?G?zi}ի&~=O:3 GzftxA(~El14c>j/#R MoW4͸906SEɧUҷ9gEqh&8{V?uj|V"FfIFMJl`$-re5}Qw{qe[Vnx}½ *Mnp+Ӛe};LFk{NF0m̧7!Rm{k-s*hSAsƺnImG6em 4Nz¥DTwD>1 rtN.T^/\,!٠.I3hzƣ\4ʀ %a1ͣLyDe#%<[ Ƒ̲ץ/'Ivt:^t~f,YU&j۪A1]!a/CxjEW2kwe?!xub)FI|(CM9% GQ?ǮѨh+y,ۮ< #s(Գ÷{9:_?|QT["w񨨸ZV?(q򘠺.6: WO]?("_NfqE迀HưʙkVBta, ]6V^5%LUPXGxx\h"S`/.ʽ1q]%(` ?)L4Deܴ?L܌H"ѬQYmBx{>OZ)Mt\Ӹe'>1'%5:ř#;'z:ޓܡj szf:;?3 SzfL}g2e׭t ?*fSsu`')&yɄ3U ]ŚIMg\7}iXNl#[4f};si7aӲ{G)Aΐ / C]:0Rh]~E@Ҋ)%sk6M,lEbA ȥӃ;6I)%CbvEN BNrai|u8vM)j ϛmXF8iuW.y{%b~qY [jofW35"B9ijSTՊϞnHa㠳MX{(/SVj3r*leP*Vcm\5Vj7RS&sU룤KoD%{P('-U8s#&qj戁I/<H*O+>&L$3J|yYsTѶQ[Fj$HS Lj3i~cH5Ϗsԛsyr$ 5d.L)!wPd|kNNh8MѮX㙰5h⌍R O^4;ARFk`ucL\"lscV9o:O Fz`PA: qV$/hNL[us=WOnhA|ۯɵ|N:hj^" { (ɠG1V&,x j8{Gc?ȉw7l :z9#5Ʊ~<&dM`.ITS9PHy6h>SϾckɮϖ6ekW7ȩq6&FXh:kx $h E&{&/$㼒UAOHTb@\۫,&jS JoA^S\.hPq*,{ڙBNިD^YE '$+#ZcṅFM#vRln9CY)>4 NJ(f9/1j,h&dkgr+}LQ鵖Gǖː|i^p046t7^+{- zЂH6Kѭ@ y^u,P*쪈fXc0iI4EGL}#EE6Ge8ߘoy?_tn'Pst.$#8SO]mr{6ShG㠺g>ʘ8 ҇SrF&&^OGTLk1wa̓R#\y>ZY (/ C:D5W(-9ALhDLll+uRp|¹M˹1 AXqP^jY T{t IYtr'pfZ]4%iY0. σݻݏ2P"m慒?q,sq qXت$nIq{wڼuoʍA%D\Κ*olE re4wlҘU_VGd"(oab:MyUč(&cTS[s;dn9"-i,j/T1^b A*čŐX轴L B+bOM@vG";'0tzZhL?4ځQ6 ]t"%t lWYoֹg""[\baY[ՙ-6Io9hʧcwAm; fM<ފz2`)G6龤0F'+)́Rz:- gZ<a 3N.gsi>zu4K3vZ}]Yvރۇ >1Rl|f3AU E +E۴&_6門'PVeCBrdY؟LMľ)Q7,CniV;^cT%x/qLcu'6Z%%,r#}zC5"1I kj ",|Eh9S'Y9U"'a ؕ~j\50 b㠘p4p]ܬHWp(} [}|}7ULO8,ZG .~Y>`Ɗ$s8%U#Ly#3ŋEmc5sRRvo^ 2L),W :<5#9Rtj=a`qıfR35^Ħk-ăx$eFpf/,?ne5lO``8hpPm=3;ԡ0Û"V6{͋uT}5CXCq^QY8=|Dz?w!OC }Ehei t1r +Ρ"u1 Yyc0 LWmVYkç0#zY[ZK`״y E&KJӅL0A/[͂/΍βlr{S&BTS1N>"`ov%d'' ߾'E+()d zW< M.[dL4T:Qϣ ccoAItNhj+lpՠ:AdG7A-$wGh ԡ37!> sbbW(I 2+_scSy,!edHX~Tub Hg&,R#S&^r47+GV/ (?V$۩O\(ПGKY@yrPs )E.ƫe,6CKI([ %IPWdfNF$3kZ(Nڄsiti@fMzݣϵfԳueI[Ӝ%54CF㘶țHd(FfI#qXlL Q;kUxxfjD梉KB^Dh~`S%㿮9Tң̉0g6/2V Vfsr˷ڍOb`76lgp:of`tRM'3,HHޤ<,0K-C ̠lCqی,Nbw~GJ9SSu~?h5fi2/("Ou${0mStTSΔH'X֔?gy=VkEjg@^Ffth,ܰc:Dgw)ΔE NCLTȏ|S\Cz:Ϫ۫mYS\9XX޲+V[fPK$׌N,Nx% fI=irjM^1K4C;a>jQb*DMߘe^(-[F۔yM|!+EjYC7BB^ CXPx'~Tڛ M *-iʼn3Oi3AY½VzHH?2B #KI,A;搔eMN4K)ϙHEB:X2ǚeF  HK؞~Q2Ot8mkŲmcvᑥ;`*'|e ϛ|,RD ~ M/HotVs`ҟǍQ}58 8"Q7\M5c#\\Þff1+CGڑ?u: |nz@B]<}cd`8v^D-| KM$Y=#%h&=Z!:bj⨖`>NJ:]I^A:xZAcAAgeU\JIɺuѫCevNq&Xoc|?nV#k=6UG6×\ME+kfь]oMqc4޵ j;Ym9N+]/:3 |Kc +Y4 ?9a\4ܙet֦ yV[4Qu-?L&Æxp}66젠tԒdȣKDծD4bcG%@RFCKt iK`VԊG[HG7$Z #G."-Cdy-5و RCYw| w<| $#V o2ɩOKZP̞LPeB ܘ$cG%_㿙'ѣ$*@( 6OB!@Fw8:U4ZWchc裕G?yX50E}Ek'MLa*:gl>"?۟wQMK SNL<3rtX.$gkixLA-VB˧BqL%<(4 djRnpyo`gʺ8&#LYRό̼!,l{b & 7甌i3T5u} Mг_$pY9iUv\b8\PA8_ aw±'ȴ(H -ż)`ZyL< b ,UdG0uX/<A5[!elqt%Q/`'"o:ֆ=` 3Rh)g''zsͥuɍf[gJK*rA{?(!OBCF9nw1tП#-x]s /fO9zG-˾ġĐw0۱'t$Lc&J*]gb}m۸9>+*'_ |^-$ܡ?n-kHgєE)gCXpn%G醦ԣ_e #(I2f-+ZD&5VO׾=܉:c!Y1Ti T@ow1dFxBU%>L&n1ߥ:Ay=S='y/#mGJ&G Y bL,GHT I\2?bonk6eFgz}Yؽ~_hQ5 ,:j/߳Xj?Ȫl;u'I@o%x7KjC1\ZK7rEC缎C/t,h־R^h/9^WzXP&,ϟ$|::׎|H?O_$6zyu딕;B^IƓPpVO MuS陘*#c$N¸ a|B9ӄmwZȽt^@bnu)yD$N0//JN+G<Ӭ|(䈜G2/NM|Xт~ZՊS38Yu1IsŵU)&rfoA40q}QWyI<e݇A8?uU[;'둻nRAlj"ޠ%#t|:!Xc\] |o%➘"G0b7[u몓[# ŋ밃4}$)=_?92dB^l^Q`3˖>r ͖Uu5"b[F,|l"\ c\9Ki0zAB9't>'KR }Mw(5RÓOц썥{gizXIaIE(Xys̳0;IrJsFR A~9_hg !3٫v8[&;xԬ'zH8FʸWtr>Lmg18iP)XD Mr>S!A:]k|Ϊ7%C>hmS>(ɗ^*BpԄ;^DR >Uo||E(:ENFyLkϖJC˃FFy5D㋲f[~{>&1#IlBq oّ.hbWtN9'٦.tFJpi_jw_)ސB^Y;1g:^ C溉(U.&tN19:qqǸtNj-IxY.E7𻛏bsJ1V-7Bls\A F`[Vtf;V n=5֞y ܬIk; 2(0A#>Rpf7 Z$G %MS8HZ,D˱a׆qTvIl {:L2OR!ϓI-U/Qj!рy7P@[/\+ Wأ9@gNWKVŲjӑXa7Tᶓo (Ȟ޽v;߀{u~A;1&N5/,Qfԧԋ|~t| wi\>|v@3yQO2@V,@p<mjKjhh:P W5LyO- j:4.w=KQspCСxc>:*%rE;`XpS+RwRq{x-:h9C1!t@RX t-ʠ} d;s.uDHMv}xOv`ӿ]6_!4^CttLR kb2okoeU6\A5ɏN+2~#A 䞶O\ RM(mIi 2 #JZV;z`I2iAAHNN hVO7xVRQSS}g0 rC=):mOîbF q#2fu5^Ga?ixʙuܼjy pnsH"SX>LxQ5yʚo\ژi:6;af IgFF~ua~<ؐ`2q-o#F|R)W|Ng0"D ջ >f4|q%`jmR&X-^أNSlA ^l9Jnh"?EYLc>xE] 7)?'*UI u@ l! KV7U3GZMb\EBYanaC:.ScMQlji-ΣTk`Selh>5y%3}4<` [G Rb]Fj;޶ "g VmLR֪^H x&?I-"e%;QpzK b4xMj_,#,f>oL'1\I ?&#7(3LQKZ16?qgDNja~yLdch;X26K%d)G,g=t/K9v c[0gD9Fd\8t[zΜ_⦦k$ѵ.e j;T*(u0:q)VN$M*`gj(ܤ #yiJTjpiӈ@[Sp,[OW]T`Ҳ>p]2ѓN[G^b{ ѹÔj3&>跜8 ށyw Md24Kot\"W};;FE]bq"5ԬI@ܯDL6cLfr{RAb.cA %KS48~F^'u&zMs[U 2L~?j&9$ғY{' iל{ L!a p,,)"/Q`z7w{S-Zhܭt}IDNh&iH %f^FoEc8e4цJY(L+'L=6a6J mkD뢺@ې2ڴL i׆om édaHSҕL$DV]*SqيVzTՔx5H9xˎNi='vGQY(kG<$#B6oAߦgall$AG%a\~I/08}:SH59,3P Ͼ< #8_H5R{Uܡ+OVr{ʂvIہh.̈́ sn`-eJ#~x%Jqbᣢل}.u"f:c="jifNwa'" F̵eie)lUukrR_|{'=E{}T}Υ)U2vPBiN  nc9x3yROV?|$ H0[*=ljId6֯_rJu! 74:p]F=pu1A5vT/BĂyNi` (S UE'1DEInj щ:qcf`Ya_lz7x !HlRê60H:LXZ yVٰ[F"#pƏEl/}%p܌%-"-43vû7%aEru6*,$
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1