Ernst Krenek: String Quartet No.1, Op.6 (1921)

Ernst Krenek

August 23, 1900 – December 22, 1991) was an Austrian, later American, composer of Czech origin. 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

String Quartet No.1, Op.6 (1921)

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991): String Quartet No.1, Op.6 (1921).

I. Lento
II. Allegro ma non troppo [05:02]
III. Adagio molto [08:44]
IV. Presto [11:26]
V. Andante quasi adagio [16:24]
VI. Allegro vivace [24:16]
VII. Fuga - Vivace [24:42]
VIII. Lento come prima [30:57]

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Cover image, painting by Renato Birolli.