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1. Erich Wolfgang Korngold's The Adventures of Robin Hood: A Film Score Guide (Scarecrow Film Score Guides) by Ben Winters | |
Paperback: 200
Pages
(2007-03-01)
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2. Erich Wolfgang Korngold (20th Century Composers) by Jessica Duchen | |
Paperback: 239
Pages
(1996-05-30)
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Editorial Review Product Description When their native Austria was incorporated into the Third Reich, theKorngolds wisely took up residence in America, where Erich earned acomfortable living scoring music for Hollywood blockbusters. Korngoldwas a perfectionist with an almost operatic approach to his film work,but his tonal proclivities and work in popular music ruined his statusas a serious musician--at least in the eyes of the musicalestablishment. The last few years have seen a rise in Korngold'spopularity among America's musical movers and shakers, and a newappreciation for his work, cinematic and otherwise, hasdeveloped. Jessica Duchen's well-considered discussion of the life andwork of this intriguing man should continue the much-neededrehabilitation of the long-embattled tonal composers of this century. Customer Reviews (4)
Korngold is golden
A superb, readable introduction to a wonderful composer
Enthusiastically eulogistic but shallow A good acid test for any biography of an artist isthat it should encourage the reader to further investigate the artist'swork further. The author's lack of empathy for the composer's music and theremarkable time through which he lived is such that the book fails toenthuse. A great disapointment.
A good well written stopgap |
3. Symphony in F-Sharp, Op. 40 (Schott) by Helmut Pollman | |
Paperback: 266
Pages
(2000-03-01)
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4. Die tote Stadt: German Libretto | |
Paperback: 52
Pages
(1990-03-01)
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5. Die Tote Stadt, The Dead City: Opera In Three Acts Founded On G. Rodenbach's Das Trugbild (1921) (German Edition) by Paul Schott | |
Hardcover: 100
Pages
(2010-09-10)
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6. Die Tote Stadt = the Dead City; Opera in Three Acts Founded on G. Rodenbach's "das Trugbild" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |
Paperback: 56
Pages
(2010-01-03)
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7. Erich Wolfgang Korngold by Rudolf Stephan Hoffmann | |
Paperback: 146
Pages
(2010-09-09)
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8. The Last Prodigy: A Biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold by Brendan G. Carroll | |
Hardcover: 464
Pages
(1997-09)
list price: US$34.95 Isbn: 1574670298 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Amazon.com Review Brendan Carroll's excellent biography of this composer who was soshabbily ignored by postwar intellectuals is long overdue. From theoutset, Carroll focuses on the phenomenal musical ability shown byKorngold. Not only did he produce complex musical compositions from anearly age, but these early compositions are adult in style and showthe distinct idiom of the composer. Like Mozart, Korngold'sdistinguishing talent was an inexhaustible supply of melodicinspiration that he skillfully assembled. The major success in the 1920s of his opera Die Tote Stadtmarked Korngold as a peer to Richard Strauss. But by the '30s thedissonant tide was running against him. Unable to renounce melody andharmony, he was branded a reactionary by the haute monde, and scornedas a Jew by the Nazis. Fortunately, his flair for romanticism earnedhim Hollywood commissions for a series of memorable films--and,incidentally, saved his life by getting him out of Europe during acritical period. But when the smoke of World War II cleared, one ofthe casualties was interest in his serious musical oeuvre. Carroll pinpoints three factors that contributed to Korngold's fallinto obscurity: controversies generated by his father, the criticJulius Korngold; suppression of performances by the Nazis; and thehostility of the serious musical establishment. However, he seems toweight them equally, and perhaps in this he errs. Korngold's father'sinfluence on the Viennese music world waned by the end of the '20s,and the Third Reich lasted just 12 devastating years. Clearly thedominant factor in the suppression of Korngold's music was the disdainof the art crowd for a composer who wrote movie (gawd!) music, and whowouldn't kiss the book and declare serialism as his personalsavior. Luckily for Korngold and his fans, as the century nears itsend, composition has finally broken the dogmatic bonds of the"music of the future." No better sign exists of this thanthe renaissance in Korngold recordings in the 1990s, and therespectful if belated rehabilitation of his reputation betokened by abook like Carroll's. This is a balanced volume well worth reading foranyone who is interested in this seriously underratedcomposer. --Sarah Bryan Miller Customer Reviews (4)
Highly Recommended
Meet the man who invented film scores (among other things).
Melody back in fashion Korngold, like his much-admired mentor Mahler and hisfriend Giacomo Puccini, felt no shame in crafting melodies that anylistener could recognize, hum, and ultimately grow to love.Like his oldercontemporaries, Korngold never forgot that the cerebral element in musiccould never take the place of the emotional.For example, his friendly butdeadly serious battles over atonality and serial compositions withArnoldSchoenberg are key to understanding Korngold's philosophy of compositionand are well treated in Carroll's book.I came away from the text withrenewed interest in music that can be grasped by non-musicians andmusicians alike. Even though Korngold's scores are endlessly fascinatingfor musicians and scholars, the real sign of the composer's greatness is inhow many "general" listeners can surrender to the beauties of the"Lautenlied" from "Die tote Stadt.""The LastProdigy" is therefore a welcome exploration of the problemsexperienced by the classical music establishment, which, through itsunfortunate abandonment of melody and tonal consonance, has failed toreach, or to try even to cultivate, an enthusiastic, self-renewingaudience.A better understanding of Korngold's career and of hismistreatment by his contemporaries would help reassert a missing link in20th century musical culture.Carroll's book helps enormously to restablish the centrality of this musical genius to our own confused times.
Type-casting also works against composers as well as actors |
9. The Last Prodigy: A Biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold.(Review) (book reviews): An article from: Notes by Caroline Cepin Benser | |
Digital: 8
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(1998-12-01)
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10. Last prodigy: a biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold.: An article from: Opera Canada | |
Digital: 3
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(1998-06-22)
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11. Last prodigy: a biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold.: An article from: Opera Canada | |
Digital: 3
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(1998-06-22)
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12. Music Minus One Violin: Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35 (Book & 2 CDs) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |
Paperback: 32
Pages
(2000-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Includes a newly-engraved edition of the concerto on high-quality ivory paper, edited and with performance notes by Ms. Kouzmanova; and a digital stereo compact disc featuring a complete performance of the concerto with orchestra and soloist, followed by a second performance minus you, the soloist; plus a second compact disc containing a full-speed version of the complete concerto followed by a special -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniment for practice purposes. The recording is thoroughly indexed for your practice and performance convenience. MMO CD 3166 ALBUM CONTENTS |
13. Erich Wolfgang Korngold : Lieder Steven Kimbrough / Dalton Baldwin by Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |
Audio CD:
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(1984)
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14. Sonate für Violine und Klavier. Op. 6 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |
Unknown Binding:
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(1913)
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15. DIE TOTE STADT - (THE DEAD CITY) - STAGEBILL - OCTOBER 1991 by ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD | |
Paperback:
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(1991)
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16. Violin Concerto, Op. 35: Violin and Piano (Schott) | |
Paperback: 51
Pages
(1978-08-01)
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17. DIE TOTE STADT (THE DEAD CITY) - STAGEBILL - OCTOBER 5, 1991 NEW YORK CITY OPERA by ERICH WOLFGANG (MUSIC BY) KORNGOLD | |
Paperback:
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(1991)
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18. FOUR PIECES FROM THE INCIDENTAL MUSIC TO SHAKESPEARE'S MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |
Paperback:
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(1920-01-01)
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19. Die tote Stadt. Oper in 3 Bildern frei nach G. Rodenbachs Schauspiel " Bruges la morte " von Paul Schott ... Opus 12. Vollständige Orchesterpartitur by Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |
Unknown Binding: 425
Pages
(1920)
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20. Die Tote Stadt, The Dead City: Opera In Three Acts Founded On G. Rodenbach's Das Trugbild (1921) (German Edition) by Paul Schott | |
Paperback: 100
Pages
(2010-09-10)
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