[Detail] Erich Wolfgang Korngold. About this image
|| About the Collection ||
Composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), a remarkable child prodigy, gained considerable fame at age 13 with the premiere of a ballet-pantomime in 1910. He went on to write chamber music, songs, operas and other dramatic works, and works for orchestra before leaving Europe in the 1930s. He then settled in Hollywood, where he became one of the first renowned composers of concert music to begin writing scores for films. Korngold’s music for the movie “Anthony Adverse” received an Oscar for the best film score in 1936. The collection contains Korngold’s music manuscripts for concert works as well as some film scores. Papers in the collection include correspondence to the composer and letters to and from his father, music critic Julius Korngold.
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1905-1967
- Bulk Dates
- 1915-1950
- Major Language(s)
- German
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 3,800
- Number of Containers
- 46
- Linear Feet
- 75
- Contents
- 250 music manuscripts; 3,500 letters and papers
- Processing History
- Processed
- Provenance
- Material deposited in 1980s by Korngold’s sons Ernst and George; since donated over a period of many years by various members of the Korngold family. Correspondence received separately in 1990s.
Access/Copyright
- Access Permissions
- Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress