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A Note about Korngold's King's Row (Concert Suite) By Martin MArks Brendan G. Carroll's titled his excellent 1997 biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Last Prodigy —a phrase that linked the composer both to widely held notions of musical genius and also in a very particular way to Mozart, whom Korngold's father Julius pointedly chose as ...
Apr 18, 2019 · Korngold’s music for “King’s Row” proved unusually popular, and Warner Brothers prepared a form letter politely declining inquiries for sheet music or recordings. Back then, film score recordings were not common, and the big studios were jealously protective of anything – including music – that they owned.
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Mar 31, 2021 · One of the most famous scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold was composed for the 1942 film Kings Row and it would play an indelible part in the history of Star Wars.
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On today’s date in 1942, Warner Brothers released a film entitled “King’s Row,” which included in its cast a 31-year-old actor named Ronald Reagan, who claimed the film “made me a star.” The film’s musical score was by someone already a star – the Austrian-born Erich Wolfgang Korngold, famous for his earlier work for Hollywood swashbucklers like “C...
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 -1957) — “Main Title,” fr “King’s Row” (National Philharmonic; Charles Gerhardt, cond.) RCA LSC-3330 (LP) & 7890-2-RG (CD)
Births
1. 1819 - Austrian opera composer Franz von Suppé, in Spalato, Dalmatia; 2. 1882 - British-born American conductor, arranger and new music champion, Leopold Stokowski, in London; 3. 1907 - Hungarian-born American composer Miklós Rósza, in Budapest;
Deaths
1. 1936 - Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, age 56, in Rome;
Premieres
1. 1713 - Handel: "Utrecht Te Deum" (Julian date: April 7); 2. 1800 - Beethoven: Horn Sonata, in Vienna, with horn virtuoso Wenzel Punto and the composer at the piano; 3. 1898 - Chausson: Symphony, in Paris; 4. 1909 - Rachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead" (Gregorian date: May 1); 5. 1930 - Charles Wakefield Cadman: Violin Sonata, in Los Angeles, with violinist Vera Barstow; 6. 1944 - Bernstein: ballet "Fancy Free," at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, choreographed by Jerome Robbi...
Oct 28, 2013 · In fact, even to the untrained ear, the main title themes from the two films sound remarkably similar. Williams has never hid his admiration for Erich Korngold, the composer responsible for the King’s Row score, but for many, the similarities between the two composers’ themes was a little too close for comfort.
Sep 19, 2013 · Kings Row was released four months after Pearl Harbor, although it had been filmed and edited by mid-October, 1941, with only Erich Wolfgang Korngold to add the music. Its plot and themes do not touch on war, but many of the minor supporting players were émigrés from Austria and Germany, fleeing the Nazis: Ilka Gruning, Ludwig Stossel, Erwin ...
Oct 13, 2013 · Given the similarities between the John Williams' main theme to Star Wars (1977) and Erich Korngold's main theme to King's Row (1942), it seems to be a safe bet that George Lucas had King's Row on his temp track for Star Wars. Video unavailable. Watch on YouTube.
