Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was an Austrian pianist, conductor and composer. His wonderful late and neo-romantic music can be found not only in dozens of Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, but also in many operas and orchestral works. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore the wide world of the Oscar-winning composer Erich Korngold!
Erich Korngold was born in Brno in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was the second son of the well-known music critic Julius Korngold. After seeing him play the piano, Gustav Mahler immediately called Korngold a child prodigy, and recommended that he study under Alexander Zemlinsky.
Korngold began composing large concert works from the young age of 11, including ballets for the Vienna State Theater, and works for many famous instrumental soloists. His music inspired many of the greats of the cultural scene of the time, such as Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini and Paul Wittgenstein.
In 1938 Korngold was invited to the United States, where he accepted a commission to write the film music for “The Adventures of Robin Hood’. From then on, Korngold began writing mainly for Hollywood. In 1945, after seven years writing film scores, his long-standing dissatisfaction with Hollywood came to a head. He ended his association with Hollywood, and began to devote himself almost exclusively to writing concert works, including his famous Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.
Brendan G. Carroll captured the essence of Korngold’s music:
“By conceiving each film as an “opera without song”, he created a powerfully romantic, melodic and contrapuntally rich music, the highlights of which could be described as comparable to the symphonic poems of Richard Strauss and Franz Liszt. His intention was to write music that could be performed in a concert hall independently of the movie.”
The American Film Institute ranked Korngold’s music for ’The Adventures of Robin Hood’ 11th on the list of best film scores. In all, Korngold composed 23 film scores, received five Oscar nominations, and won the Oscar for Best Original Score twice.
Korngold also wrote five operas, a great number of orchestral compositions, songs, piano pieces and chamber works.
für mittlere Singstimme und Klavierop. 18
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 287840
aus der Musik zu Shakespeares "Viel Lärmen um nichts"
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 287798
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667470
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 146848
aus "Der Ring des Polykrates"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 641946
Edition Schott
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Score
Item no.: 288476
A-Durop. 16
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 354022
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 201503
for: Voice (medium), symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 201447
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 288369
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948781
Das Frühwerk eines Genies zwischen Tradition und Fortschritt
Wegzeichen Musik 12
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 677640
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 667828
("Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen")
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 356800
From The Opera Die Tote Stadt
for: Voice (soprano), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1121022
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1120998
op. 34
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 352914
"Glück das mir verblieb"
aus der Oper Die tote Stadt
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 201409
First Edition
Volume 2
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 491899
E-Dur
Edition Schott
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 288374
op. 2
for: Piano
Item no.: 287716
Pantomime in 2 Bildern
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 347773
Es-Durop. 26
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 353781
Oper in drei Bildern
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 429262
für zwei Violinen, zwei Violen und zwei Violoncelli
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 288375
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 605098
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 215439
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1000287
Auswahl II von Melodien
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1121001
Auswahl I von Melodien für Klavier zu zwei Händenop. 8
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1115058
aus der Musik zu Shakespeares "Viel Lärmen um nichts"op. 11
for: Piano
Item no.: 287717
Oper in drei Bildern
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 676177
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 946363
Suite
Pop Symphonic Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 945701
aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
für Violine (Violoncello) und Klavier
for: Violin [cello], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 287797
Drei Klavierstücke
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 299850
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 215441
Aspekte seines Schaffens
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 208128
(„Ihr Mädchen, klagt nicht Ach und Weh“)op. 11
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 201404
for: Piano
Item no.: 287718
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 201395
für Tenor-Solo, Frauenstimmen, Orgel und Harfe (oder Klavier)
for: Soloist (tenor), women's choir, harp, organ
Score
Item no.: 1115046
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 261198
Edition Schott
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 197295
Oper in drei Bildern
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288419
(Szene des Gerichts)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 287800
aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 287799
aus der Musik zu Shakespeares "Viel Lärmen um nichts"
für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681723