;Choral For mixed choir (SATB) unless otherwise indicated • Drei Gemischte Chöre (
Matthias Claudius), Op. 22, (1923) • Vier kleine Männerchöre, 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 (text by
Herman Melville), 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) •
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) ;Solo vocal With piano unless otherwise indicated: • Lieder, Op. 19 on texts by Otfried Krzyzanowski and
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock •
O Lacrymosa (text written for Krenek by
Rilke), Op. 48 (1926), also orch. ver., Op. 48a •
Monolog der Stella, Op. 57 (1928) on texts by
Goethe •
Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen (text by the composer), Op. 62 (1929) •
Die Nachtigall, Op. 68 (1931); text by
Karl Kraus from "Worte in Versen" •
The Ballad of the Railroads, Op. 78 (1944, text by the composer) • Fünf Lieder, Op. 82 (1937/38); texts by
Franz Kafka • Vier Lieder, Op. 112 (1946/47); texts by
Gerard Manley Hopkins •
Medea, Op. 129, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1951, text: German translation of
Robinson Jeffers' adaptation in English of
Medea by
Euripides) •
Sestina (text by the composer), Op.161, soprano and 8 instruments (1957) •
Der Floh, Op. 175 (1960); text by
John Donne •
Wechselrahmen, Op. 189 (1964/65); texts by Emil Barth (1900–1958) ==Orchestral==