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Julius Korngold

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(b Brünn, 1860; d Hollywood, Calif., 1945). Austrian music critic, father of Erich Korngold. Mus. critic Neue Freie Presse, Vienna, 1902–34. Collab. with son on lib. of Erich's ...

Korngold, Julius

Korngold, Julius (1860)   Quick reference

The Oxford Dictionary of Music (6 ed.)

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..., Julius ( b Brünn , 1860 ; d Hollywood, CA , 1945 ) Austrian music critic , father of Erich Korngold . Music critic Neue Freie Presse , Vienna, 1902–34 . Collab. with son on lib. of Erich’s opera Die tote Stadt under joint pseudonym ‘Paul...

Julius Korngold

Julius Korngold  

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(b Brünn, 1860; d Hollywood, Calif., 1945).Austrian music critic, father of Erich Korngold. Mus. critic Neue Freie Presse, Vienna, 1902–34. Collab. with son on lib. of Erich's opera Die tote Stadt ...
Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Erich Wolfgang Korngold  

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(b Brno, 29 May 1897; d Hollywood, CA, 29 Nov. 1957).Austrian-born American composer. The son of the music critic Julius Korngold (1860–1945), he was a remarkable child prodigy. When ...
Die Tote Stadt

Die Tote Stadt  

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(‘The Dead City’). Opera in three acts by Korngold to a libretto by Paul Schott (Julius and E. W. Korngold) after Georges Rodenbach's novel Bruges la morte (1892) (Hamburg and Cologne, 1920).[...]
Tote Stadt, Die

Tote Stadt, Die   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Music

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...Tote Stadt, Die (‘The Dead City’). Opera in three acts by Korngold to a libretto by Paul Schott ( Julius and E. W. Korngold ) after Georges Rodenbach's novel Bruges la morte ( 1892 ) (Hamburg and Cologne, 1920...

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (29 May 1897)   Reference library

Tim Ashley

The Oxford Companion to Music

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...Korngold, Erich Wolfgang ( b Brno , 29 May 1897 ; d Hollywood, CA , 29 Nov. 1957 ). Austrian -born American composer . The son of the music critic Julius Korngold ( 1860–1945 ), he was a remarkable child prodigy. When he was ten his cantata for voices and piano, Gold , brought him to the attention of Mahler , who recommended him to Zemlinsky as a pupil. At 11 he completed the ballet Der Schneemann (‘The Snowman’), which caused a sensation at its premiere at the Vienna Court Opera in 1910 ; his Second Piano Sonata, composed the same year,...

Tote Stadt, Die

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A Dictionary of Opera Characters (2 ed.)

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2008
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...Stadt, Die ( The Dead City ) ( Erich Korngold ). Lib. by ‘Paul Schott’ (Julius and Erich Korngold); 3 ‘scenes’; f.p. Hamburg and Cologne (simultaneously) 1920 , cond. Egon Pollak and Otto Klemperer respectively. Bruges, late 19th cent.: Marie is dead, and her husband Paul is obsessed with her memory. He meets the dancer Marietta and invites her home, but when she sees a picture of Marie and realizes how alike they are, she leaves. In a vision, Paul sees friends who have either deserted him or died, and Marietta rises from a tomb to exorcize the...

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (29 May 1897)   Reference library

Brendan G. Carroll

The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)

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...Problem of Erich Korngold,” The Nation (24 Aug 1912) R.S. Hoffmann : Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Vienna, 1922) E.W. Korngold : “Some Experiences in Film Music,” Music and Dance in California , ed. J. Rodr íguez (Hollywood, 1940), 137–9 R. Behlmer : “Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Established Some of the Film Music Basics Film Composers Now Ignore,” Films in Review , no.182 (1967), 86–100 L. Korngold : Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Vienna, 1967) J. Korngold : Die Korngolds in Wien (Zürich, 1991) S. Blickensdorfer : Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Opern und Filmmusik ...

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897)   Quick reference

The Oxford Dictionary of Music (6 ed.)

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..., Erich Wolfgang ( b Brünn , 1897 ; d Hollywood, CA , 1957 ) Austrian‐born composer and conductor (US citizen 1943 ). Son of music critic Julius Korngold . Child prodigy as pianist and composer. His Der Schneemann was a sensation at the Vienna Court Opera 1910 and Schnabel played a pf sonata he wrote at 13 . His one‐act operas Violanta and Der Ring des Polykrates were premièred in Munich in 1916 cond. by Bruno Walter . In 1920 his opera Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) had simultaneous premières in Hamburg and Cologne. Cond.,...

Reproducing piano

Reproducing piano   Reference library

Frank W. Holland, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume, Robert Berkman, Larry Sitsky, and Robert Berkman

The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (2 ed.)

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... Hess, Myra Leginska Pugno Marshall, Frank Hofmann, Josef Levitzki Reger Medtner Horowitz, Vladimir Lhévinne, Josef Reinecke Milhaud Iceland Mascagni Reisenhauer Mottl Iturbi Moiseiwitsch Saint-Saëns Nikisch Korngold Ney Sauer Novaës Lamond Nyiregyházi Scharwenka Pachmann Landowska Ornstein Schnabel, Artur Paderewski Lecuona Pauer, Max von Scott Pauer, Max von Leginska Pugno Skyrabin Petri, Egon Medtner Rachmaninoff Stavenhagen...

Libraries and collections

Libraries and collections   Reference library

Mary Wallace Davidson, D.W. Krummel, and James P. Cassaro

The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)

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...by Handel, Sextet no.1, Piano Quintet, Horn Trio, Third Symphony, and Violin Concerto; Britten's Peter Grimes ; Ernest Chausson 's Poème ; Copland's Appalachian Spring and Symphony no.3; Debussy's Nocturnes ; Gershwin's Porgy and Bess ; Hindemith's Hérodiade ; E.W. Korngold 's Die tote Stadt ; Leoncavallo's Pagliacci ; Liszt's Festpolonaise and Soirées de Vienne ; Prokofiev's String Quartet no.1; Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Fourth Piano Concerto, Third Symphony, and Symphonic Dances; Ravel's Chansons madécasses ;...

Waltzes From Vienna

Waltzes From Vienna   Reference library

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)

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2009
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...From Vienna With book and lyrics by A.M. Willner, Heinz Reichert and Ernst Marischka, this show brought the music of Johann Strauss (the elder and the younger) into 30s musicals. The music of the Strausses was arranged by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Julius Bittner and the show opened at the Stadttheater, Vienna, Austria, on 30 October 1930. The plot traces the conflict between the elder Strauss and his ambitious son. The latter is courting Lina Ebeseder, who is also admired by Leopold Wessely. A member of the aristocracy, Countess Olga Baranskaya,...

Music

Music: c. 45,000 years ago - 2009  

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...completes Prometheus, the Poem of Fire , first performed in Moscow in 1911 Scriabin, Alexander (1872) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 5 1910s 20th century Performing arts Europe Russia 1910 1910 The Snowman , a pantomime opera by the 11-year-old Erich Korngold, is a huge success in Vienna Korngold, Erich (1897) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 5 1910s 20th century Performing arts Austria 1910 1910 Thomas Beecham sponsors and conducts his own season of opera at Covent Garden Beecham, Thomas (1879) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 5 1910s 20th...

Performing arts

Performing arts: c. 2800 BCE - 2009  

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...Scriabin completes Prometheus, the Poem of Fire , first performed in Moscow in 1911 Scriabin, Alexander (1872) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 5 1910s 20th century Music Europe Russia 1910 1910 The Snowman , a pantomime opera by the 11-year-old Erich Korngold, is a huge success in Vienna Korngold, Erich (1897) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 5 1910s 20th century Music Austria 1910 1910 Thomas Beecham sponsors and conducts his own season of opera at Covent Garden Beecham, Thomas (1879) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 5 1910s 20th century...

North America

North America: c. 30,000 years ago - 2011  

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...1934 1934 Five girls are born as quintuplets in the Dionne family of French Catholic farmers in Corbeil, Ontario Dionne Quintuplets The Oxford Companion to Canadian History 1 1930s 20th century Social and domestic Society Canada 1934 1934 Erich Korngold, one of Austria's most admired composers, moves to Hollywood Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (29 May 1897) The Oxford Companion to Music 1 rev 1930s 20th century Performing arts Music Germany United States 1934 1934 Elijah Muhammad takes control of the Nation of Islam, or Black Muslims, and leads the movement for more...

United States

United States: c. 30,000 years ago - 2011  

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...Indian Reorganization Act restores tribal ownership of land in the US reservations Indian Reorganization Act The Oxford Companion to United States History 1 1930s 20th century Politics Social and domestic Society North America 1934 1934 Erich Korngold, one of Austria's most admired composers, moves to Hollywood Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (29 May 1897) The Oxford Companion to Music 1 rev 1930s 20th century Performing arts Music Germany North America 1934 1934 Elijah Muhammad takes control of the Nation of Islam, or Black Muslims, and leads the movement for more...

20th century

20th century: 1900 - 1999  

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...completes Prometheus, the Poem of Fire , first performed in Moscow in 1911 Scriabin, Alexander (1872) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 5 1910s Performing arts Music Europe Russia 1910 1910 The Snowman , a pantomime opera by the 11-year-old Erich Korngold, is a huge success in Vienna Korngold, Erich (1897) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 5 1910s Performing arts Music Austria 1910 1910 The critic Roger Fry presents in London's Grafton Galleries an influential exhibition of Post-Impressionist art Fry, Roger (1866–1934) A Dictionary of Modern...

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