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.
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 753725
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 753726
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750837
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733213
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 738975
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750833
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733212
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 744725
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750832
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750834
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750835
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 753724
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 738974
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733211
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 733539
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 730627
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750839
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750836
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 744726
erste Fassung
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 753727
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750838
for: Piano
Item no.: 287718
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 201395
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 287720
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1362151
for tenor solo, female voices (3 [6] S, 3 [6] A), organ and harp (or piano)
for: Tenor solo, Frauenstimmen (SSSAAA), Orgel und Harfe
Choir score
Item no.: 782767
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1359575
for tenor solo, female voices (3 [6] S, 3 [6] A), organ and harp (or piano)
for: Tenor solo, Frauenstimmen (SSSAAA), Orgel und Harfe
Single part Harp
Item no.: 784914
from the opera "The Dead City"
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731628
für Tenor-Solo, Frauenstimmen, Orgel und Harfe (oder Klavier)
for: Soloist (tenor), women's choir, harp, organ
Score
Item no.: 1115046
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 1341096
for: Soloist (tenor), women's choir, harp, organ
Single part Harp
Item no.: 1121018
("Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen")
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 356800
(„Ihr Mädchen, klagt nicht Ach und Weh“)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779896
from the opera "The Dead City"
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 747179
from the opera "The Dead City"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 724734
for mezzo soprano and piano
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 747126
aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
for: Violine oder Violoncello und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 731406
(Szene des Gerichts)
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 731414
aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 781503
from the opera "Die tote Stadt"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781505
for piano
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 736513
Oper in drei Bildern
Lyric book
Item no.: 1341069
(Glück, das mir verblieb)
aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Score
Item no.: 356801
(„Ihr Mädchen, klagt nicht Ach und Weh“)op. 11
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 201404
Burleske Nachtszene am Minnewasser aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781504
aus der Oper "Die tote Stadt"
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 756844
for high voice and piano
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 729636
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