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- 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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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈkɔʁnɡɔlt]; May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was an Austrian composer and conductor, who fled Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history. [ 1 ]
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). He was still a teenager when his operas Der Ring des Polykrates (“The Ring of Polycrates”) and Violanta were produced in Munich (1916).
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The first, a performance in April at the ministerial palace of Baroness von Bienerth, employed a four-hand piano arrangement with the young composer at one piano, and Richard Pahlen at the other.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was just 15 years young when the Berliner Philharmoniker performed his Schauspiel Overture op. 4 in December 1912 under the baton of their highly acclaimed chief conductor Arthur Nikisch. The young composer from Vienna was considered a child prodigy.
In 1997 Violanta was performed for the first time in the UK, in a concert performance only, by Opera North, first in Leeds and repeated at the BBC Proms in London. Polykrates received its first UK performance (with piano) at a concert given at the Queen Elisabeth Hall the same year.
Apr 21, 2022 · At 13 his ballet-pantomime Der Schneemann was performed at the Vienna Hofoper in front of visiting Belgian royalty. At 15 he composed a colourful Sinfonietta overflowing with melodic inspiration; and his first operas, a double-bill of one-acters, Der Ring des Polykrates and Violanta, were premiered when he was 17. Meanwhile, his father was ...
Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The background to Korngold's first operas - Violanta and Der Ring des Polykrates - how they came to be written, together with a performance history and brief analysis. This article first appeared online in March 2016, with a rare radio broadcast.
