Erich (Wolfgang) Korngold

Composer, born in Brünn, NE Austria. He studied in Vienna, and from the age of 12 had spectacular success there and throughout Germany as a composer of chamber, orchestral, and stage works in late-Romantic vein. His finest operas were Violanta (1916) and Die tote Stadt (1920, The Dead City). He was professor at the Vienna State Academy of Music (1930), but in 1934 emigrated to Hollywood. Two of his film scores, Robin Hood and Anthony Adverse, received Oscars. His post-war works included a violin concerto, a cello concerto, and a symphony.

There he composed a number of film scores that have been recognized ever since as classics of their kind. One is Jessica Duchen, Erich Wolfgang Korngold 1996 (Phaidon Press, 20th Century Composers series). 5 (composed 1912) Songs of Farewell, Op. 14 (composed 1920; orchestral version first performed 1923) Piano Concerto (composed 1923; first performed 1924) Songs of the Clown (1937) Violin Concerto (composed 1945; first performed 1947) Cello Concerto (1946, expanded from a work written for the 1946 film Deception) Symphony in F sharp major, Op.40 (composed 1947–52; first performed 1954) Theme and Variations Op.42 (composed 1953)

Chamber works

Piano Trio, op. 1 in D major (composed and first performed 1910) Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor with concluding passacaglia (composed 1908; 2 in E major in three movements (composed 1910; first performed 1911) Violin Sonata, op. 6 in G major (composed 1912; first performed 1916) String Sextet, op. 10 in D major (first performed 1917) Quintet for two violins, viola, violoncello and piano in E Major, op. 15 (composed 1920–21; first performed 1923) String Quartet No.1, op.16 in A major (composed 1923; piano left hand, op 23 (composed 1930; 25 in C major (composed 1931; first performed 1932) () String Quartet No.2, op.26 in E-flat major (composed 1933; first performed 1934) String Quartet No.3, op.34 in D major (composed 1945; first performed 1946)

Operas

Der Ring des Polykrates (1916) Violanta (1916) Die Tote Stadt (1920) Das Wunder der Heliane (1927) Die Kathrin (1939)

Arrangements for operettas

Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice) (1923) Cagliostro in Wien (Cagliostro in Vienna) (1927) Rosen aus Florida (Roses from Florida) (1929) Die Fledermaus (The Bat) (1929) Walzer aus Wien (Waltzes from Vienna) (1930) Die schöne Helena (1931) Das Lied der Liebe (The Song of Love) (1931) Die geschiedene Frau (1933) Rosalinda (1942) The Great Waltz (1949)

Film soundtracks

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) (after Mendelssohn) Captain Blood (1935) Give Us This Night (1936) Hearts Divided (1936) The Green Pastures (1936) Anthony Adverse (1936) The Prince And The Pauper (1937) Another Dawn (1937) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Juarez (1939) The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) The Sea Hawk (1940) The Sea Wolf (1941) King's Row (1942) The Constant Nymph (1943) Between Two Worlds (1944) Devotion (1946) Of Human Bondage (1946) Deception (1946) Escape Me Never (1947) The Magic Fire (1956) (after Wagner)