Erich Wolfgang Korngold

This colourful biography explores the life and music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (18971957), 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.

Autorentext

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 Fauré, also in the 20th-Century Composers series.

Klappentext

Offers a reappraisal of the life and work of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), for so long dismissed as a 'film composer' in the classical music world

Zusammenfassung
A reappraisal of the work of the composer of 'film music'.

Inhalt
Father and son; adolescence among the stars; the dead city; in love with Luzi; opera and operetta; the dream; music is music; a reaffirmation of beauty; classified list of works.