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.
A-Durop. 16
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 354022
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667470
Edition Schott
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Score
Item no.: 288476
Burleske Nachtszene am Minnewasser aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781504
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 753726
aus "Der Ring des Polykrates"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779864
Great fantasy on the melodies of Johann Strauss
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727785
(„Ihr Mädchen, klagt nicht Ach und Weh“)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779896
Edition Schott
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 748073
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726770
(Szene des Gerichts)
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 731414
Sieben Stücke für Klavierop. 3
for: Piano
Item no.: 353648
aus "Märchenbilder" für Klavier op. 3 (1910)
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201509
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1121055
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382616
as performed by J. Geils Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1000091
Es-Dur
Edition Schott
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 353782
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750837
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 757078
Zwischenspiel aus der Oper
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 746639
Eb major
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 729604
D major
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 729659
First Edition
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 736869
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382071
(Vier kleine fröhliche Walzer)
for: Piano
Item no.: 182698
Wunderkind der Moderne oder letzter Romantiker?
Bericht über das internationale Symposion Bern 2007
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 483281
(Four little happy waltzes)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756864
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733213
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 738975
Edition Schott
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 748074
Das letzte Wunderkind
exil.arte-Schriften 1
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 775304
for high voice and piano
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 729636
op. 6
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 127583
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1581169
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 677999
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1259695
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1260094
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750833
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1359575
"Glück, das mir verblieb" aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
für Sopran oder Mezzosopran und Klavierquintett
for: Voice (soprano/mezzo-soprano), 2 violins, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 660223
Six Character Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754346
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733212
für zwei Violinen, Violoncello und Klavier (linke Hand)
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello und Klavier (linke Hand)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735349
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749985
Opera in three acts
Study score
Item no.: 736487
from the opera "Die tote Stadt"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 736055
Auswahl I von Melodien für Klavier zu zwei Händen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 793729
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 744725
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