This is an incomplete list of the works of the Austrian, later American, composer Ernst Krenek (1900–1991). His complete output includes 242 works with Opus numbers, created between 1917 and 1989. There are also at least 130 works by Krenek that were not given official Opus numbers.
Operas
See List of operas by Ernst Krenek.
Ballets Mammon, Op. 37 (1925) Der vertauschte Cupido, Op. 38 (1925) Eight Column Line, Op. 85 (1939)
Vocal music Choral For mixed choir (SATB) unless otherwise indicated
Drei Gemischte Chöre (Matthias Claudius), Op. 22, (1923) Vier kleine Männerchöre for male choir, Op. 32 (1924) Die Jahreszeiten (Hölderlin), Op. 35 (1925) Vier a-cappella-Chöre (Goethe), Op. 47 (1926) Kleine Kantate (Goethe), Op. 51 (1927) Drei gemischte Chöre (Gottfried Keller), Op. 61 (1929) Kantate von der Vergänglichkeit des Irdischen for soprano, mixed choir and piano, Op. 72 (1932) Jagd im Winter (Franz Grillparzer) for male choir, horns, and timpani, Op. 74 (1933)* Vier österreichische Volkslieder, Op. 77a (1934) Symeon der Stylit for tenor, baritone, male choir, mixed choir, and orchestra, Op. 78b (1936) Two Choruses on Jacobean Poems for female choir, Op. 87 (1939) Proprium missae in festo SS. Innocentium martyrum (die 28 Decembris), Op. 89 (1940) Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae, Op. 93 (1942) Cantata for Wartime – Mitternacht und Tag (Herman Melville) for soprano, female choir and orchestra, Op. 95 (1943) Fünf Gebete (John Donne) for female choir, Op. 97 (1944) The Santa Fé Timetable, Op. 102 (1945) Aegrotavit Ezechias for female choir and piano, Op. 103 (1945) In paradisium for female choir, Op. 106 (1946) Oh would I were, Op. 109 (1946) Remember now for female chorus and piano, Op. 115a (1947) Choruses for mixed choir and organ or piano, Op. 138 (1953) Motette zur Opferung für das ganze Kirchenjahr for SABar choir and alto saxophone, Op. 141 (1954) Ich singe wieder, wenn es tagt (Walther von der Vogelweide) for mixed choir and strings, Op. 151 (1956) Guten Morgen, Amerika (Carl Sandburg), Op. 159 (1956) Missa duodecim tonorum for mixed choir and organ, Op. 165 (1957–8) Sechs Motetten nach Worten von Franz Kafka, Op. 169 (1959), texts by Franz Kafka Three Madrigals, three motets for female choir, Op.174 (1960) O Holy Ghost, Op. 186A (1964) Three Lessons, (text by the composer) Op. 210 (1971) Settings of Poems by William Blake, Op. 226 (1976)
Große Ostersonate for tenor, choir and organ, WoO 9 (1914)* Die Sterne (Carl Adolf Frederich Fuchs) for male chorus and piano, WoO 10 (1914)* Zwischen Erd' und Himmel (Robert Hamerling) for soloists (SATB), choir, violin solo, and orchestra, WoO 25 (1916)* Über Einem Grabe (Conrad Ferdinand Meyer) for soloists (SATB), 2 choirs and orchestra, WoO 29 (1916)* Kanons und Fugen for choir and piano, WoO 35 (1917)* Gott gib dein Gericht dem König, WoO 49 (1918)* Kalender / Chöre für einen geplanten Kalender-Zyklus for male choir, WoO 77 (1930)* Wach auf mein Hort, WoO 81 (1930)* Von den Leiden des Menschen for choir and orchestra, WoO 82 (1932)* Symeon der Stylit for soloists (SMTBar), choir and piano, WoO 84 (1936)* Unvollendeter Chor, WoO 86a (1943)* (unfinished; sketch) Spiritus Sanctus, WoO 89 (1948)* (sketch)
Solo vocal With piano unless otherwise indicated: Lieder (Gerd Hans Goering), Op. 9 (1922) Lieder (Karl Kraus), Op. 13b (1924) Lieder (Guido Gezelle and Franz Werfel), Op. 15 (1922Über) Lieder (texts by Otfried Krzyzanowski and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock), Op. 19 (1923) O Lacrymosa (text written for Krenek by Rilke), Op. 48 (1926), also orch. ver., Op. 48a Monolog der Stella (Goethe), Op. 57 (1928) Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen (text by the composer), Op. 62 (1929) Die Nachtigall (Karl Kraus), Op. 68 (1931) The Ballad of the Railroads (text by the composer), Op. 78 (1944) Fünf Lieder (Franz Kafka), Op. 82 (1937/38) Vier Lieder (Gerard Manley Hopkins), Op. 112 (1946/47) Medea (text: German translation of Robinson Jeffers' adaptation in English of Medea by Euripides) for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, Op. 129 (1951) Sestina (text by the composer) for soprano and 8 instruments, Op.161 (1957) Der Floh (John Donne), Op. 175 (1960) Wechselrahmen (Emil Barth), Op. 189 (1964/65)
Orchestral Symphonies Symphony No. 1, Op. 7 (1921) Symphony No. 2, Op. 12 (1922) Symphony No. 3, Op. 16 (1922) Concerto Grosso, Op. 25 (1924) Concertino for Flute, Violin, Piano, and String Orchestra, Op. 27 (1924) 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) Horizon Circled, Op.196 (1967)
Concertos and concertante works Violin Violin concerto No. 1, Op. 29 (1924) Violin concerto No. 2, Op. 140 (1954) Cello Cello concerto No. 1, Op. 133 (1953) Capriccio for cello and orchestra, Op. 145 (1955) Cello concerto No. 2, Op. 236 (1982) Piano Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp major, Op. 18 (1923) Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 81 (1937) Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 107 (1946) Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 123 (1950) Harp Concerto for harp and chamber orchestra, Op. 126 (1951) Organ Organ Concerto (Concerto for Organ and Strings), Op. 230 (1979) Organ Concerto, Op. 235 (1982) Other Seven Orchestra Pieces, Op. 31 (1924) Potpourri, Op. 54 (1927) Little Concerto for piano or harpsichord, organ, and chamber orchestra, Op. 88 (1940) Tricks and Trifles, Op. 101 (1945) Symphonic Elegy for String Orchestra. In Memoriam Anton Webern. Op. 105 (1946) Double Concerto for violin, piano and small orchestra, Op. 124 (1950) Pentagram for Winds, Op. 163 (1951, Rev. 1957)
Serial Music Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214 (1972)
Wind band Marches Three Merry Marches (1924–26)
Chamber works Monologue for clarinet solo, Op. 157 (1956) Serenade for clarinet and string trio, Op. 4 (1919) Four Pieces for oboe and piano (1966) Five Pieces for trombone and piano (1967) Fluteplayer's serenade: Rondo for four flutes, Op. 85c (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 (1925) Sonata No. 2 for violin solo, Op. 115 (1948) Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor for violin and piano, Op. 3 (1919) Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, Op. 99 (1945) Sonatine for B♭ bass clarinet and piano, Op. 85d (as Thornton Winsloe) String quartet No. 1, Op. 6 (1921) String quartet No. 2, Op. 8 (1921) String quartet No. 3, Op. 20 (1923) String quartet No. 4, Op. 24 (1924) String quartet No. 5, Op. 65 (1930) String quartet No. 6, Op. 78 (1936) String quartet No. 7, Op. 96 (1944) String quartet No. 8, Op. 233 (1980) String trio, Op. 108 (1946) String trio Parvula Corona Musicalis: ad honorem Johannis Sebastiani Bach, Op. 122 (1950) String trio in 12 Stations, Op. 237 (1985) Suite for cello solo, Op. 84 (1939) Suite for guitar, Op. 164 (1957) Flötenstück neunphasig (Flute Piece in nine phases) for flute and piano, Op.171 (1959) Opus 239, for horn and organ, Op. 239 (1988)
Piano Double fugue in C major, Op. 1a Tanzstudie, Op. 1b Sonata No. 1, Op. 2 in E-flat (1919) Sonatina, Op. 5, No. 1 Little Suite, Op. 13a Five Piano Pieces, Op. 39 Sonata No. 2, Op. 59 Twelve Variations in 3 Movements, Op. 79 Twelve Short Pieces Written in the Twelve-Tone Technique, Op. 83 Sonata No. 3, Op. 92, No. 4 * Eight Pieces, Op. 110 Sonata No. 4, Op. 114 George Washington Variations, Op. 120 Sonata No. 5, Op. 121 Sonata No. 6, Op. 128 Miniature (Largo), Op. 136 Twenty Miniatures, Op. 139 Echoes from Austria, Op. 166 Six Measurements, Op. 168 Piano Piece in 11 Parts, Op. 197 Sonata No. 7, Op. 240 Prelude, WoO 87
Accordion Toccata, Op. 183 Acco-Musik, Op. 225
*The rest of Op. 92 contains works for other instrumental combinations, including solo viola and solo organ.
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), commissioned by and dedicated to Marilyn Mason. They Knew What They Wanted, Op. 227, narrator, oboe, piano, percussion and tape (1977)
** unpublished
References
Bowles, Garrett H. (comp.) (1989). Ernst Krenek: A Bio-bibliography. New York and London: Greenwood Press. Bowles, Garrett H. (2001). "Krenek, Ernst". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.