Erich Wolfgang Korngold

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austrian-born composer renowned for his pioneering, richly orchestrated film scores in Hollywood as well as his influential early 20th-century operas and concert works.

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instanceOf child prodigy ⓘ
composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
film composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
opera composer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1957 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1909 ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
awardReceivedFor The Adventures of Robin Hood (film score) ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary
countryOfCitizenship Austria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1897-05-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1957-11-29 ⓘ
employer Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Erich Wolfgang Korngold self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Korngold
father Julius Korngold ⓘ
fullName Erich Wolfgang Korngold self-link ⓘ
genre chamber music ⓘ
concertante ⓘ
film score ⓘ
opera ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
givenName Erich ⓘ
Wolfgang ⓘ
influenced Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
John Williams ⓘ
modern film music ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
German ⓘ
movement late Romantic music ⓘ
post-Romanticism ⓘ
notableCharacteristic pioneering symphonic film score writing ⓘ
richly orchestrated style ⓘ
notableEvent emigrated to the United States in the 1930s ⓘ
notableWork Captain Blood (film score) ⓘ
Das Wunder der Heliane ⓘ
Die tote Stadt ⓘ
Kings Row (film score) ⓘ
Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ
surface form: Much Ado About Nothing (incidental music)

Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, Op. 17 ⓘ
Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 15 ⓘ
String Sextet in D major, Op. 10 ⓘ
Symphony in F-sharp major ⓘ
The Adventures of Robin Hood (film score) ⓘ
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (film score) ⓘ
The Sea Hawk (film score) ⓘ
Violanta ⓘ
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
film composer ⓘ
opera composer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Brno ⓘ
Moravia ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Hollywood ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
reasonForEmigration rise of Nazism in Austria ⓘ
spouse Luzi von Sonnenthal ⓘ
yearOfAward 1939 ⓘ

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold → familyName → Erich Wolfgang Korngold self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold → fullName → Erich Wolfgang Korngold self-link ⓘ
John Williams → influencedBy → Erich Wolfgang Korngold ⓘ
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) → musicBy → Erich Wolfgang Korngold ⓘ
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) → musicBy → Erich Wolfgang Korngold ⓘ
1937 film The Prince and the Pauper → musicBy → Erich Wolfgang Korngold ⓘ
subject surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)