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.
4 Klavierkompositionen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 155499
Seven Pieces for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748568
for medium voice and piano
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 727623
for medium voice and piano
for: Voice (medium), piano
Score
Item no.: 351418
aus der Musik zu Shakespeares "Viel Lärmen um nichts"
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 287798
aus "Märchenbilder" für Klavier op. 3 (1910)
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201509
for violin and orchestra
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 756440
6 Charakterstücke
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 179826
für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier
for: Voice (medium), piano
Score
Item no.: 301204
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 215439
Edition Schott
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 734382
aus "Der Ring des Polykrates"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 641946
"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
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
op. 25
for: Piano
Item no.: 287946
in one movement
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 288923
First Edition
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743012
A major
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 729631
op. 2
for: Piano
Item no.: 287716
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 261198
First Edition
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 736869
Eb major
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 726740
for medium voice and piano
for: Voice (alto), piano
Score
Item no.: 287839
Sieben Stücke für Klavierop. 3
for: Piano
Item no.: 353648
(Vier kleine fröhliche Walzer)
for: Piano
Item no.: 182698
From The Opera Die Tote Stadt
for: Voice (soprano), concert band
Score
Item no.: 1121054
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749985
Edition Schott
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 352804
Wunderkind der Moderne oder letzter Romantiker?
Bericht über das internationale Symposion Bern 2007
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 483281
Edition Schott
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 197295
op. 34
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Score
Item no.: 352913
A-Durop. 16
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 354021
aus der Musik zu Shakespeares "Viel Lärmen um nichts"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 760169
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1000287
Hymn to Hebrew prayers from the Haggadah
for: Sopran-Solo, gemischter Chor und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 736897
First Edition
Volume 2
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 491899
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 757078
Urtext Edition Violin Solo Part
LKM Music
for: Violin, orchestra
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 870217
First Edition
Volume 1
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 294816
Es-Durop. 26
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 353781
op. 34
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 352914
Eb major
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 729604
op. 6
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 127583
Oper in 3 Bildern
Piano reduction
Item no.: 748083
Edition Schott
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Study score
Item no.: 729096
aus der Musik zu Shakespeares "Viel Lärmen um nichts"
für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681723
for soprano, mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra
Hymn to Hebrew prayers from the Haggada
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 681722
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