Erich Wolfgang Korngold (20th-Century Composers)

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1996
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This colourful biography explores the life and music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), whose varied compositions ranged from operas (written at a very young age) and orchestral music to lighter works such as operettas and Hollywood film scores. Korngold's lush, romantic scores have influenced many other film composers, while a recent resurgence of interest in his work has lent greater credibility to his more serious classical compositions.

Synopsis

This colourful biography explores the life and music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), whose varied compositions ranged from operas (written at a very young age) and orchestral music to lighter works such as operettas and Hollywood film scores. Korngold's lush, romantic scores have influenced many other film composers, while a recent resurgence of interest in his work has lent greater credibility to his more serious classical compositions.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 239
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Published: 01 Jul 1996
ISBN 10: 0714831557
ISBN 13: 9780714831558
Book Overview: The design for this series received a 1995 Award for Typographical Excellence from the New York Type Directors' Club.

Media Reviews

This is an inspired choice in this still early round of Phaidon's excellent, well-presented and illustrated 20th-Century Composers Series. -Classical Music Jessica Duchen's admirable biography will do much to advance the cause of Korngold. -Jewish Chronicle On the 20th Century Composers Series As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for the more enthusiastically musical. -The Scotsman

Author Bio

Jessica Duchen is a freelance music journalist whose work appears frequently in the Guardian and BBC Music Magazine. Founding Editor of Piano magazine, she is the author of Gabriel Faure, also in the 20th-Century Composers series.