Der Sprung über den Schatten
Music by Ernst Krenek · libretto by Ernst Krenek · premiered 1924 · at Oper Frankfurt
Der Sprung über den Schatten is a 1924 opera by Ernst Krenek. The work parodied expressionism and psychoanalysis, and prefigured Jonny spielt auf in including jazz elements.
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About the Composer
Ernst Heinrich Krenek (23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) 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: Reflections on my Music (1974). Krenek wrote two pieces using the pseudonym Thornton Winsloe.
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Other Operas by Ernst Krenek
- Jonny spielt auf
- Das geheime Königreich (1928)
- Der Diktator (1928)
- Cefalo e Procri (1933)