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It is as if nature had amassed all of her musical gifts and laid them in the cradle of this extraordinary child. - Felix Weingartner (conductor) |
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Carroll, Brendan G. "Erich Wolfgang Korngold, (1897-1957): His Life and Works." Paisley, Scotland: Wilfion Books, 1988. Softcover, 43 pages. Out-of-print |
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Duchen, Jessica. "Erich Wolfgang Korngold (20Th-Century Composers)." London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1996. Softcover, 239 pages. |
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Carroll, Brendan G. "The Last Prodigy : A Biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold." Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1997. Hardcover, 464 pages. Out-of-print |
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Turco, Mario Tedeshi. "Erich Wolfgang Korngold." Verona: Cierre Edizione, 1997. Pubblicato con il patrocinio scientifico dell'Archivio Nino Rota, Venezia, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto per la musica, e con il contributo del Centro Mazziano di Verona Softcover, 157 pages. (Italian) |
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Takashi Hayasaki. "Korngold and His Era." Japan: Misuzu Shobo, 1998. subtitled: Genius Composer who was tossed about by "Modern Days" wave (Japanese)
Note: Japanese names are properly given surname first, given name last (i.e. the English name "John Smith" is properly rendered "Smith John" in Japanese) and we are uncertain whether we have properly listed the author's name above. |
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Derny, Nicholas. "Erich Wolfgang Korngold." Geneva: Editions Papillon, 2008. Softcover, 157 pages. (French) |
Hoffmann, Dr. Rudolf Stefan. "Erich Wolfgang Korngold." Vienna: Carl Stephenson Verlag, 1922. Hardcover, 131 pages. In German / auf Deutsch Out-of-print |
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Korngold, Julius. "Child Prodigy: Erich Wolfgang's Years of Childhood." New York: Willard Publishing Company, 1945. Hardcover, 80 pages. In English Out-of-print |
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Korngold, Julius. "Die Korngolds in Wien: Der Musikkriteker und das Wunderkind." Zurich: M&T Verlag (Edition Musik & Theater), 1991. Hardcover, 401 pages. In German / auf Deutsch Out-of-print (The working title for Julius Korngold's memoirs in 1944 was "Postludes in Major and Minor"). |
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Van der Lek, Robbert. "Diegetic Music in Opera and Film." Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi B.V., 1991. Softcover, 370 pages. In English |
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Pöllmann, Helmut. "Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Aspekte seines Schaffens." Mainz: Schott Musik International, 1998. Hardcover, 168 pages. In German / auf Deutsch |
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Stollberg, Arne. "Durch den Traum zum Leben: Erich Wolfgang Korngolds Oper 'Die tote Stadt'." Mainz: Are Musik Verlags GmbH, 2003. Hardcover, 308 pages. In German / auf Deutsch |
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Stollberg, Arne (Hg). "Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Wunderkind der Moderne oder letzte Romantiker." Munich: edition text + kritik (Richard Boorberg Verlag), 2007. Softcover, 334 pages. In German / auf Deutsch Proceedings from the first symposium ever dedicated completely to the composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, held in Bern, 13-16 Sep 2007. |
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Winters, Ben. "Erich Wolfgang Korngold's The Adventures of Robin Hood: A Film Score Guide." Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2007. Softcover, 185 pages. |
Korngold, Julius. "Deutsches Opernschaffen der Gegenwart." Leipzig: Leonhardt-Verlag, 1921. Hardcover, 376 pages. In German / auf Deutsch Out-of-print |
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Korngold, Luzi: "Lieber Meister Chopin: Eine romantische Biographie." Vienna: Amalthea-Verlag, 1960. Hardcover, 303 pages. In German / auf Deutsch Out-of-print |
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Erich Wolfgang Kornold contributed an original Preface to: Devaré, Ulrich. "Faith in Music." New York: Comet Press Books, 1958. Hardcover, 69 pages. In English Out-of-print Korngold's preface is reproduced in part in Carroll, "The Last Prodigy," pp. 358-9. |
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