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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Born: 1897
Died: 1957
Period: 20th Century
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold's career bridged astonishing gaps in history and music -- from the final years of Imperial Austria, when he was hailed as "a new Mozart," to Hollywood in the heyday of the studio system, to the darkened era of postwar Europe. In Vienna of the 1920s, his name evoked the best that engagingly melodic, tonal music had to offer in the concert hall or the opera house; in Hollywood he was synonymous with the swashbucklers of
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1)
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Abschiedslieder, Op. 14 (3)
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Abschiedslieder, Op. 14: no 1, Sterbelied (4)
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Abschiedslieder, Op. 14: no 2, Dies eine kann mein Sehnen (2)
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Abschiedslieder, Op. 14: no 3, Mond, so gehst du wieder auf (4)
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Abschiedslieder, Op. 14: no 4, Gefasster Abschied (4)
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Adventures of Robin Hood (2)
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Adventures of Robin Hood: Battle, Victory and Epilogue (1)
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Adventures of Robin Hood: Excerpt(s) (2)
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Adventures of Robin Hood: Fanfare and Love Scene (1)
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Adventures of Robin Hood: March of the Merry Men (1)
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Adventures of Robin Hood: Marian and Robin's Love Theme (3)
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Adventures of Robin Hood: Robin Hood and His Merry Men (3)
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Adventures of Robin Hood: Symphonic Suite (3)
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Angedenken (1)
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Another Dawn (1)
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Another Dawn: Night Scene (1)
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Another Dawn: The Next Morning - The Order (1)
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Anthony Adverse (1)
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Anthony Adverse: In the Forest (1)
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Between Two Worlds (1)
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Between Two Worlds: Judgement Day (1)
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Between Two Worlds: The World at War - The Next World (1)
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Captain Blood (2)
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Captain Blood: Overture (4)
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Captain Blood: Ship In The Night (1)
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Concerto for Cello in C major, Op. 37 "Deception" (7)
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Concerto for Piano left hand in C# minor, Op. 17 (4)
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Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35 (31)
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Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35: Romance (2)
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Constant Nymph (1)
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Das Lied der Liebe: Du bist mein Traum (1)
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Das Wunder der Heliane, Op. 20 (1)
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Das Wunder der Heliane, Op. 20: Act 1 Introduction (1)
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Das Wunder der Heliane, Op. 20: Act 2 Prelude (1)
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Das Wunder der Heliane, Op. 20: Ich ging zu ihm (10)
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Das Wunder der Heliane, Op. 20: Interlude (1)
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Deception (2)
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Deception: Cello Concerto in C, Op. 37 (1)
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Deception: Romance-Impromptu (1)
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Der Ring des Polykrates, Op. 7 (1)
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Der Ring des Polykrates, Op. 7: Kanns heut nicht fassen (1)
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Der Ring des Polykrates, Op. 7: Potpourri (1)
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Der Ring des Polykrates, Op. 7: Tagesbuch der Laura (1)
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Der Schneemann (1)
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Der Schneemann: Act I (1)
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Der Schneemann: Entr'acte (2)
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Der Schneemann: Excerpt(s) (1)
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Der Schneemann: Pierrot und Colombine - Valse lente (1)
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Der Schneemann: Prelude and Serenade (2)
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Der Schneemann: Serenade (4)
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Der Schneemann: Waltz (2)
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Der Sturm (1)
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Devotion (2)
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Devotion: Excerpt(s) (1)
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Die Geniale (2)
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Die Kathrin, Op. 28 (1)
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Die Kathrin, Op. 28: Briefszene (1)
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Die Kathrin, Op. 28: Ich bin ein Liedersänger (1)
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Die Kathrin, Op. 28: Ich soll ihn niemals (1)
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Die Kathrin, Op. 28: Malignac's Aria (1)
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Die Kathrin, Op. 28: Scene in Nachtlokal (2)
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Die Kathrin, Op. 28: Soldaten Marsch und Gebet (2)
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Die Kathrin, Op. 28: Wanderlied (3)
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Die kleine Serenade, Op. 24 (1)
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Die Stumme Serenade (1)
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Die tote Stadt (The Dead City), opera, Op. 12: O Freund, Ich Werde Sie Nicht Wiedersehen (1)
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Die tote Stadt, Op 12 (6)
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Die tote Stadt, Op 12: O Freund, ich werde Sie nicht wiedersehen (1)
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Die tote Stadt, Op 12: O Tanz! O Rausch! "Marietta's Lute Song" (2)
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Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Act 2 Prelude (1)
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Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Aria(s) (1)
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Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Excerpt(s) (2)
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Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Glück, das mir verblieb "Mariettalied" (50)
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Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (13)
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Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: O Freund, ich werde Sie nicht wiedersehen (4)
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Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: O Tanz! O Rausch! "Marietta's Lute Song" (2)
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Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Tanzlied des Pierrot (5)
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Die tote Stadt: Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, es träumt sich zurück (1)
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Don Quixote (3)
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Einfache Lieder (6), Op. 9: no 1, Schneeglöckchen (3)
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Einfache Lieder (6), Op. 9: no 2, Nachtwanderer (1)
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Einfache Lieder (6), Op. 9: no 3, Ständchen (3)
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Einfache Lieder (6), Op. 9: no 4, Liebesbriefchen (6)
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Einfache Lieder (6), Op. 9: no 5, Das Heldengrab am Pruth (1)
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Einfache Lieder (6), Op. 9: no 6, Sommer (4)
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Escape Me Never (1)
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Escape Me Never: Ballet-Fantasy (1)
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Gesänge (3), Op. 18: no 1, In meine innige Nacht (4)
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Gesänge (3), Op. 18: no 2, Tu ab den Schmerz (3)
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Gesänge (3), Op. 18: no 3, Versuchung (3)
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Juarez: Carlotta (2)
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Juarez: Overture (1)
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King's Row (2)
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King's Row: Suite (1)
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Lieder (12) "So Gott und Papa will" (1)
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Lieder (3), Op. 22 (3)
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Lieder (3), Op. 22: Was du mir bist? (1)
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Lieder (4), Op. 31 (1)
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Lieder (5), Op. 38 (1)
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Lieder (5), Op. 38: no 1, Glückwunsch (5)
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Lieder (5), Op. 38: no 2, Der Kranke (3)
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Lieder (5), Op. 38: no 3, Alt-spanisch (3)
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Lieder (5), Op. 38: no 4, Old English Song (1)
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Lieder (5), Op. 38: no 5, My mistress' eyes (1)
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Little Caricatures (4), Op. 19 (2)
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Military March (2)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11 (4)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Bridal Morning (1)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Dogberry and Verges "March of the Sentinel" (7)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Ending Dance (2)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Festmusik (2)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Garden Music (5)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Holzapfel und Schlehwein (3)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Hornpipe (5)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Maiden in the Bridal Chamber (5)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Masquerade (2)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Mourning Music (2)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: no 4, Intermezzo "Garden Scene" (10)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Overture (1)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 11: Suite (10)
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Märchenbilder (7) for Piano, Op. 3 (5)
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Märchenbilder (7) for Piano, Op. 3: Caprice fantastique "Wichtelmännchen" (4)
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Nachts (1)
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Of Human Bondage (1)
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Of Human Bondage: Main Title; Christmas; Sally; Lullaby; Finale (1)
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Passover Psalm, Op. 30 (2)
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Piano Trio in D major, Op. 1 (2)
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Pierrot's Dance Song (1)
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Processional (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 1 in A major, Op. 16 (2)
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Quartet for Strings no 2 in E flat major, Op. 26 (3)
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Quartet for Strings no 3 in D major, Op. 34 (2)
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Quintet for Piano and Strings in E major, Op. 15 (6)
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Quintet for Piano and Strings in E major, Op. 15: Excerpt(s) (1)
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Reiselied (1)
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Romance-Impromptu (written for the film "Deception"), for cello & piano (1)
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Schauspiel, Op. 4: Overture (5)
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Sea Wolf (2)
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Sea Wolf: Trailer (1)
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Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 10 (4)
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Shakespeare Songs (4), Op. 31 (3)
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Sinfonietta in B major, Op. 5 (4)
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Sonata for Piano no 1 in D minor (5)
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Sonata for Piano no 2 in E major, Op. 2 (6)
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Sonata for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 25 (3)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 6 (8)
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Sonett für Wien, Op. 41 (2)
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Songs of the Clown, for voice & piano, Op. 29 (1)
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Songs of the Clown, Op. 29 (4)
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Songs of the Clown, Op. 29: Come Away, Death (1)
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Songs of the Clown, Op. 29: no 1, Come away, death (1)
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Straussiana (2)
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Suite for 2 violins, cello & piano left hand, Op. 23 (1)
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Suite for Piano left hand and Strings, Op. 23 (5)
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Suite for Piano left hand and Strings, Op. 23: 4th movement, Lied (3)
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Suite for Piano left hand and Strings, Op. 23: Excerpt(s) (1)
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Symphonic Overture, Op. 13 "Sursum corda" (3)
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Symphonic Serenade in B major, Op. 39 (5)
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Symphony in F sharp major, Op. 40 (10)
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Symphony in F sharp major, Op. 40: Adagio - Lento (1)
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Tales of Strauss, Op. 21 (3)
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The Great Waltz: One Day When We Were Young (1)
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The Prince and the Pauper: Flirtation (1)
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The Prince and the Pauper: Main Title; The Boys Go to Play; Epilogue (1)
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Overture (1)
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: Queen Elizabeth (3)
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The Sea Hawk (2)
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The Sea Hawk: Excerpt(s) (1)
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The Sea Hawk: Finale (1)
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The Sea Hawk: Main Theme (1)
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The Sea Hawk: Main Title (1)
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The Sea Hawk: Reunion (1)
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The Sea Hawk: Suite (2)
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The Sea Wolf: Main Title; Escape in the Fog; Love Scene; Finale (1)
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Theme and Variations for school orchestra, Op. 42 (1)
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Theme and Variations, Op. 42 (2)
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Tomorrow (3)
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Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 1 (9)
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Tänzchen im alten Stil (1)
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Unvergänglichkeit, Op. 27 (4)
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Vesper (1)
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Violanta, Op. 8 (2)
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Violanta, Op. 8: Excerpt(s) (1)
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Violanta, Op. 8: Prelude and Carnival (1)
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Violanta, Op. 8: Sterben wollt' ich oft (1)
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Violanta, Op. 8: Wie schön sied ihr (1)
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Waltzes (4) for Piano (2)
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Was der Wald erzählt: Der verliebte Jägerbursch (1)
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Was der Wald erzählt: Erwachen der Vögel am Morgen (1)
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Was der Wald erzählt: Heinzelmännchen (1)
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Biography |
by Bruce Eder
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold's career bridged astonishing gaps in history and music -- from the final years of Imperial Austria, when he was hailed as "a new Mozart," to Hollywood in the heyday of the studio system, to the darkened era of postwar Europe. In Vienna of the 1920s, his name evoked the best that engagingly melodic, tonal music had to offer in the concert hall or the opera house; in Hollywood he was synonymous with the swashbucklers of Errol Flynn. Born in Brünn, in Moravia (now Brno, Czechoslovakia) he was the son of Julius Korngold, one of the most influential music critics in Vienna. Korngold was beating time with a spoon by the age of three, playing basic melodies at age 5, and composing at age 6. He was encouraged by Gustav Mahler to pursue his musical studies, and his teachers included Alexander Von Zemlinsky. He'd written a Piano Sonata in D minor and a ballet entitled The Snowman before he was 10, and at 13, he saw his second piano sonata premiered by Artur Schnabel. He wrote his first two operas, Der Ring des Polykrates and Violanta, in his teens, and in 1920, at 23, Korngold completed his most celebrated operatic work, Die tote Stadt; it was an immediate hit in Austria and Germany, and quickly entered the repertory of opera companies around the world.
The 1920s saw Korngold add theatrical music to his activities -- his adaptation of Johann Strauss' Eine Nacht in Venedig was a worldwide success, as was his Strauss pastiche, Waltzes in Vienna. In 1929, Korngold was commissioned by the producer Max Reinhardt to work on a new stage production of Die Fledermaus. Reinhardt was pleased with the results and impressed with Korngold's work; three years later, when Warner Bros. studios engaged Reinhardt to adapt his stage version of A Midsummer Night's Dream into a film, he engaged Korngold to arrange Felix Mendelssohn's music for the movie. The resulting film was a financial failure, but the studio was impressed with what Korngold had done with the music. He was offered a contract, which he accepted after some slight hesitation.
His first film score, for Captain Blood (1935), delighted both the studio's executives and millions of filmgoers -- Korngold's music added a richness to the sweeping tale of heroism and triumph over injustice that startled viewers with its inventiveness, adding an extra dimension to the drama, and excitement and beauty of the movie. Over the next two years, Korngold turned in dazzling musical scores for Anthony Adverse (1936), Green Pastures (1936), and The Prince and the Pauper (1937).
In late 1937, he returned to Vienna in hope of premiering a new operatic work, but the growing Nazi influence over politics and art made it impossible for Korngold and his family (all of whom were Jewish) to remain. In early 1938, he accepted a new contract offer from Warner Bros. and got himself and his family to America just before Germany annexed Austria. Korngold spent the next nine years in Hollywood among the movie colony's artistic elite, able to pick and choose his films and always doing superb work. Korngold turned in a dozen memorable scores that defined elegance in film music -- from costumed adventures like The Sea Hawk (1940) to serious drama such as Kings Row (1942).
Following the end of World War II, he returned to Austria and got a harsh reception from a populace resentful of his years in Hollywood, and derision from critics over his melodic, tonal music. Korngold lived his final years comfortably in California, in near complete artistic eclipse. |
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