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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
A reappraisal of the work of the composer of 'film music'.
Jessica Duchen
Editions:
Price: USD$14.95
150 points- Paperback
- English
- 220 x 156 mm, 8 5/8 x 6 1/8 in
- 240 pp
- 80 black and white illustrations
- ISBN-13: 9780714831558
- ISBN-10: 0714831557
- Offers a reappraisal of the life and work of Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), for so long dismissed as a 'film composer' in the classical music world
- Shows how he bridged the worlds of serious music, operetta and film music from his childhood in Vienna to his exile in Hollywood
- Argues that through his film music Korngold was one of the most influential composers of the 20th century
'This is an inspired choice in this still early round of Phaidon's excellent, well-presented and illustrated 20th-Century Composers Series.' (Classical Music)
'Jessica Duchen's admirable biography will do much to advance the cause of Korngold.' (Jewish Chronicle)
'As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for the more enthusiatically musical...' (The Scotsman)
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