List of compositions by Ernst Krenek

See List of operas by Ernst Krenek.

• Mammon, Op. 37 (1925)
• Der vertauschte Cupido, Op. 38 (1925)
• Eight Column Line, Op. 85 (1939)

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)^[1]
• Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen (text by the composer), Op. 62 (1929)
• Die Nachtigall (Karl Kraus), Op. 68 (1931)^[1]
• The Ballad of the Railroads (text by the composer), Op. 78 (1944)
• Fünf Lieder (Franz Kafka), Op. 82 (1937/38)^[1]
• Vier Lieder (Gerard Manley Hopkins), Op. 112 (1946/47)^[1]
• 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)^[1]
• Wechselrahmen (Emil Barth), Op. 189 (1964/65)^[1]

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)

Serial Music

• Static and Ecstatic, Op. 214 (1972)

Marches

• Three Merry Marches (1924–26)

• 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)

• 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.

• 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.^[2]
• They Knew What They Wanted, Op. 227, narrator, oboe, piano, percussion and tape (1977)

** unpublished