Korngold and His World / / ed. by Kevin C. Karnes, Daniel Goldmark.

A brand-new look at the life and music of renowned composer Erich Wolfgang KorngoldErich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was the last compositional prodigy to emerge from the Austro-German tradition of Mozart and Mendelssohn. Lauded in his youth by everyone from Mahler to Puccini, Korngold's ausp...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:The Bard Music Festival ; 45
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Permissions and Credits
  • ESSAYS
  • Korngold Father and Son in Vienna's Prewar Public Eye
  • "You must return to life": Notes on the Reception of Das Wunder der Heliane and Jonny spielt auf
  • Acoustic Space, Modern Interiority, and Korngold's Cities
  • Korngold and Jewish Identity in Concert
  • New Opportunities in Film: Korngold and Warner Bros
  • "The caverns of the human mind are full of strange shadows": Disability Representation, Henry Bellamann, and Korngold's Musical Subtexts in the Score for Kings Row
  • American and Austrian Ruins in Korngold's Symphony in F-sharp
  • Recollections of Zemlinsky from My Years of Study
  • Notes for an Interview
  • A Farewell to Vienna
  • Composing for the Pictures: An Interview
  • "Give up your plans of coming home": Letters of a Viennese Father to His Son
  • Some Experiences in Film Music
  • Faith in Music!
  • CODA
  • Before and After Auschwitz: Korngold and the Art and Politics of the Twentieth Century
  • Index
  • Notes on the Contributors