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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was an Austrian-born composer and conductor. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in the history of Hollywood. He was a noted pianist and composer of classical music, along with music for Hollywood films, and the first composer of international stature to write Hollywood scores.
When he was 11, his ballet Der Schneemann (The Snowman), became a sensation in Vienna, followed by his Piano Sonata which he wrote at age 13, played throughout Europe by Artur Schnabel. His one-act operas Violanta and Der Ring des Polykrates were premiered in Munich in 1916, conducted by Bruno Walter. At 23, his opera Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) premiered in Hamburg and Cologne. In 1921 he conducted the Hamburg Opera. During the 1920s he re-orchestrated, re-arranged and nearly re-composed, for the theater, operettas by Johann Strauss II. By 1931 he was a professor of music at Vienna State Academy.
At the request of director Max Reinhardt, and due to the rise of the Nazi regime, Korngold moved to the U.S. in 1934 to write music scores for films. His first was Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), which was well received by critics. He subsequently wrote scores for such films as Captain Blood (1935), which helped boost the career of its starring newcomer, Errol Flynn. His score for Anthony Adverse (1936) won an Oscar, and was followed two years later with another Oscar for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
Overall, he wrote the score for 16 Hollywood films, receiving two more nominations. Along with Max Steiner and Alfred Newman, he is one of the founders of film music. Although his late classical Romantic compositions were no longer as popular when he died in 1957, his music underwent a resurgence of interest in the 1970s with the release of classical recordings and film score compilations.
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- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14: I. Allegro
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: I. Andante tranquillo
- Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35: III. Finale. Allegro assai vivace
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14: II. Andante
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14: III. Presto in moto perpetuo
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: III. Vivace
- Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35: II. Romance. Andante
- Symphony in F-sharp: IV. Finale: Allegro
- Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35: I. Moderato nobile
- Symphony in F-sharp: I. Moderato ma energico
- The Sea Hawk
- Symphony in F-sharp: II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
- Symphony in F-sharp: III. Adagio: Lento
- The Three Musketeers: Carriage Ride
- The Three Musketeers: To Paris / Fencing Demonstration
- The Three Musketeers: Fight Behind Palace
- The Three Musketeers: Finale
- Captain Blood: Finale
- The Three Musketeers: Love Theme
- The Three Musketeers: Night Time / Pigeons
- Scaramouche: End Cast
- Captain Blood: Port Royal / Island of Magra / English and Pirates Ships
- Captain Blood: Slaves / Arabella and Blood
- Captain Blood: Main Title
- Captain Blood: Tortuga
- Captain Blood: Pirates' Flag
- Scaramouche: The Tomb, André and Aline
- Scaramouche: Vanished Merchant
- Scaramouche: Pavane