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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.
Nov 29, 2013 · On November 29, 1957, composer Erich Korngold – who, like other artists, was very much in vogue in his day, later disparaged and forgotten, and more recently awarded a reconsideration and revival – died, at the age of 60.
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(The secret was so well kept that it was not until well after Korngold’s death that the truth of authorship was discovered.) After having gained experience as music director/conductor at the Stadttheater Hamburg, Korngold added arranging and adaptation to his impressive resumé with an arrangement of Johann Strauss’s Eine Nacht in Venedig ...
Jul 18, 2019 · Erich Wolfgang Korngold life began in Imperial Vienna, where he composed lush works in typical fin-de-siècle style, but ended in the United States, having created the blueprint for the Hollywood film score. Bard College investigates his music in its 2019 “Rediscoveries” focus.
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Jan 6, 2015 · Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austro-Hungarian composer who adopted US nationality. While his late Romantic compositional style was considered well out of vogue at the time he died, his music has more recently undergone a re-evaluation and a gradual reawakening of interest.
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).
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Aug 12, 2019 · These performances echo an ongoing Korngold revival in Europe. “Die Tote Stadt” (“The Dead City”), the composer’s first mature opera, had a production at La Scala earlier this year, and ...
