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Nov 29, 2013 · Erich Korngold suffered a stroke in October 1956. A year later, on November 29, 1957, he died. Although by the time of his death, his music was considered largely passé, within a few decades, it began to undergo a resurgence.
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Apr 21, 2022 · Korngold died of a brain haemorrhage in 1957 aged 60, believing himself forgotten. Yet in recent years, his music has experienced an extraordinary rehabilitation. Previously a hidden gem known only to old-movie buffs and a lucky coterie of obsessives, Korngold is now virtually a household name.
He was also noted for his operas, especially for Die tote Stadt (1920; “The Dead City”), which earned him an international reputation. A child prodigy, Korngold at age 11 composed the ballet Der Schneemann (“The Snowman”), which caused a sensation at its first performance in Vienna (1910).
- Betsy Schwarm
Born: 1897. Died: 1957. Erich Wolfgang Korngold. One of the most highly-regarded and influential composers in the history of film music. His concert works, particularly his Violin Concerto, also continue to prove hugely popular with musicians and audiences.
The Last Prodigy: A Biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. By Bren-dan G. Carroll. Portland, Ore.: Amadeus Press, 1997. [464 p. ISBN 1-57467-029-8. $39.95.] Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who was born in Briinn in 1897 and first established his career in Vienna, became a film composer in Hollywood in the mid-1930s and died in 1957.
Nov 30, 2022 · Despite his efforts, the symphony had only a few outings, none of them in America. Korngold died in 1957, at the age of sixty, without having written another major score.
Aug 12, 2019 · A master of late-Romantic opulence, Korngold shaped the sonic texture of Golden Age Hollywood. To say that his work sounds like movie music is an elementary fallacy, a confusion of cause and...
