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KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ A Concert of Music by Ernst Krenek: In honor of his 80th birthday, 2 of 2

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Event Type
Music
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
AM.1980.04.18.B
Program Length
95 min
Part
2 of 2
Dates
1980-08-26 | broadcast
| 1980-04-18 | created
Description
A concert given in celebration of Ernst Krenek’s 80th birthday, on April 18, 1980 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and sponsored by the Goethe Institute. Charles Boone, who studied with Krenek, introduces the composer, who then introduces the program which includes a number of his early compositions, including a number of songs and a string quartet.
Genres
20th century classical
Musical Selections
String Quartet No. 6, Op. 78 (1936)
Performers
Kreuzberger String Quartet
Subjects
20th century classical
String quartets
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.
Related places
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Kreuzberger String Quartet
Kreuzberger Streichquartett
Krenek, Ernst, 1900-1991