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Although his late classical Romantic compositions were no longer as popular when he died in 1957, his music underwent a resurgence of interest in the 1970s beginning with the release of the RCA Red Seal album The Sea Hawk: The Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1972).
May 25, 2024 · Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an American composer of Austro-Hungarian birth, best known as one of the originators of the genre of grand film music. He was also noted for his operas, especially for Die tote Stadt (1920; “The Dead City”), which earned him an international reputation.
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Originally established in 2001, this website is devoted to the life and music of the Austrian composer, Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Its primary intent is to provide a broad range of information for researchers, performers, and admirers.
Much Ado About Nothing (1920) incidental music to the Shakespeare production at the Palace of Schönbrunn that premiered May 20, 1920. Korngold later reworked this music into an orchestral suite Op. 11.
In the 1970s, under the watchful guidance of his younger son George, Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s music was produced as part of a series of retrospectives LPs of the classic movie scores from the Golden Age of Hollywood, performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra under Charles Gerhardt.
A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history. He was a noted pianist and composer of classical music, along with music for Hollywood films, and the first composer of international stature to write Hollywood scores.
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