Korngold conducting the Warner Brothers orchestra at a soundtrack recording session
"ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD" by Jessica Duchen (ISBN 714831557)
A beautifully produced book with many unusual pictures, printed on
deluxe stock.
"THE COMPOSER IN HOLLYWOOD" by Christopher Palmer (ISBN
714529508
(paper) / 714528854 (cloth))
One of the nine chapters is devoted to Korngold and his film
music.
Palmer also wrote "Delius: Portrait of a Cosmopolitan".
KORNGOLD'S
"THE
ADVENTURES
OF
ROBIN
HOOD"
(A Scarecrow Press Film Score Guide by Ben
Winters) (ISBN 0810858886)
Luzi Korngold's book: Front
Inscription
"DOUBLE LIVES: FILM COMPOSERS IN THE CONCERT HALL" - Includes an essay on Korngold by Korngold biographer Brendan G. Carroll
"KORNGOLD AND HIS WORLD" - the
official book of the 2019 Bard Festival includes a number of
interesting essays about Korngold and his music.
This is an INDISPENSIBLE purchase
for all Korngold
fans!
The "Portrait" is a fine documentary about Korngold, with interviews,
film,
archival recordings and several performances by Korngold
himself.
A special word of thanks to the Korngold family for making available
the
home movies, photographs, and audio tapes in their
archives.
The "Concert" includes complete performances of the Cello Concerto and
Violin Concerto, along with excerpts from other
works.
Since DVD's often go out of print rather quickly, act soon to acquire
this
essential DVD.
"HOLLYWOOD COMPOSERS:
KORNGOLD"
YouTube Video Link (58:50)
This is a BBC TV program which
focuses on Korngold's score for the film "DECEPTION" and the Cello
Concerto that figures in the film. Rare film clips
and home movies of Korngold are included. There is also
substantial material on Felix Slatkin, Eleanor Slatkin and the
Hollywood String Quartet. The Cello Concerto is performed
by Frederick Zlotkin with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Leonard Slatkin.
Features of interest relating to Korngold:
More
information
and
reviews
of
this
DVD
(Amazon)
Review of the new Marco Polo CD release from "Music From the Movies" site
KORNGOLD AUDIO DOCUMENTARIES
"Classic
Korngold"
on
Compact
Discoveries (written and narrated by Fred
Flaxman)
"The Best of Erich
Wolfgang Korngold" on Reel Music (WDAV)
KORNGOLD VIDEOS ON "YOUTUBE"
"Between
Two Worlds" - 100 minute documentary about Korngold for German TV
(thanks to Brendan G. Carroll)
"Erich
Wolfgang Korngold: A Retrospective" - 10 minute video overview of
Korngold's life and work
Brendan
Carroll's
YouTube Channel has a lot of rare Korngold music! Check
it out - AND SUBSCRIBE!
Other Korngold videos:
Suite from "The
Adventures of Robin Hood" (BBC Proms 2013)
"Tomorrow" (Op. 33)
(Bonnie Snell Schindler, mezzo-soprano)
"The Sea Hawk" (RCA
LP of excerpts from Korngold film scores, conducted by Charles Gerhardt)
Symphonic Serenade: Part 1
Part
2 Part 3
Part
4
"Much Ado About
Nothing" Suite
"De Ring des Polycrates"
"Violanta"
"Das Wunder Der Heliane":
Cello Concerto:
Violin Concerto in D major:
From "Give Us This Night" (1935)
(featuring Jan Kiepura and Gladys Swarthout):
KORNGOLD LINKS:
"COMPOSING
FOR
THE
PICTURES"
An
Early Interview with E. W.
Korngold (from ETUDE Magazine, January 1937)
The Korngold Collection at the Library of
Congress Finding
Aid
"The False Myths and True Genius of Erich
Wolfgang Korngold" - Virtual Exhibition by Dr. Michael Haas
with audio files, photographs and fascinating information!
"Das Wunder Der Heliane" -
information from Dr. Michael Haas about Korngold's opera and the
productions over the years
International E.W. Korngold site
Erich W. Korngold Site
- Fan site including reviews, interviews,
discography,
articles and much more. (BROKEN LINK)
bs
magazine-
Erich
Wolfgang
Korngold - Outstanding! Biography, works
list,
bibliography, links, and discography, including reviews of the
outstanding
Tsunami CD releases of the original soundtrack recordings conducted by
Korngold
Claude
Torres'
Korngold
site - Discography with many images: covers of
videos, LPs and CDs, plus movie posters (BROKEN LINK)
"FILM MUSIC ON THE WEB" SITE - Excellent British site with extensive information on film music
1999
Stamp
Program
-
Hollywood
Composers
(9/15/99)
-
U.S.
Postal
Service
site
Radio podcasts
featuring Korngold's music from "Composers Datebook" and other programs
Varese Sarabande Records - Issuer of many Korngold soundtrack CD's
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Excellent 2 CD set of original soundtrack excerpts on Rhino
Screen Archives Entertainment - Good source for Korngold soundtrack CDs
TSUNAMI film soundtrack releases (Germany):
Farewell,
Vienna! - Ralph Wells' live
theatrical
production about Korngold
Great
Performances:
The
Hollywood Sound - PBS television program about
Hollywood
composers
KORNGOLD SHEET MUSIC:
KORNGOLD AUTOGRAPHS AND MEMORABILIA:
Specially
bound
in
brown
suede
with
gilt
lettering
on
the
front
cover,
and
reading
as
follows: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
(positioned about 1/3 of the way down from the top) and MUSIC BY ERICH
WOLFGANG
KORNGOLD (positioned about 2" above the bottom edge).
This unique copy was warmly inscribed to
Jack Warner, head of Warner Bros. movie studio by the composer in 1938. Korngold has also handwritten four bars of
music from the Robin Hood score above the inscription to Warner. The inscription - a deeply-felt expression
of gratitude to Warner - reads as follows: " To Jack Warner, With
deepest
thanks for selling me and - - saving me! Merry
Xmas
and
Happy
New
Year! Sincerely, Erich
Wolfgang Korngold, Hollywood 1938, 24
Dec."
PHOTOGRAPHS:
POSTERS FROM "THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD" and "CAPTAIN BLOOD"
0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Early
magazine
article
about
musical
prodigies
(including
Korngold)
KORNGOLD PIANO SCORES
"Deluxe
Classic
Film
Scores
for
Piano" (PF0623) - This 120 page collection includes
the following piano arrangements:
Steiner: Gone With The Wind - Suite
Tiomkin: Giant
Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood -
Suite
Korngold: Captain Blood - Suite
Korngold: Kings Row - Suite
J. Williams: Superman - Suite