Erich Wolfgang Korngold Masterpieces
Austrian-born American composer and conductor (1897–1957)
- piano
- opera, film score
- Austria, United States of America
- classical composer, pianist, conductor, film score composer, librettist, composer
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold: most famous pieces
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) left a body of work of more than 120 compositions. To discover his repertoire, the question is: where to start? Perhaps with his main compositions and most famous works. But what are best known or most important works of Erich Wolfgang Korngold? How do they fit into his career, throughout his creative activity? Which genre dominates: instrumental music, vocal music or other? And beyond that, in what artistic and musical context: what other composers were at the same time, famous contemporaries of Korngold?
soclassiq offers you here, without bias, a selection of 5 major works to discover and listen to, like “Die tote Stadt” or “Violin Concerto”. This selection is completed by 5 other compositions that are also quite famous. For sure the best of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, to make you want to go further with his other pieces or with the work of other composers who have significant similarities with the work of Korngold.
Creative activity
based on dated works only
Duration of the works
(average or estimed)
Number of works
1908
49 years
1956
Number of works
Duration of the works (average or estimed)
Work for choir (5)
Song, lied (11)
Opera (6)
Work for soloist (8)
Work for chamber orchestra (10)
Work for orchestra (9)
Work for orchestra with soloist (3)
not qualified (1)
Film score (21)
Other renowned works
1954 - Die stumme Serenade
1939 - Die Kathrin
1923 - Concerto for piano left hand in C-sharp, “für linke Hand allein”
1916 - Der Ring des Polykrates
1913 - Sinfonietta in B major
This selection of works is not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinion. Selected works come from an exclusive data analysis method developed by soclassiq.
The dating of the works can be precise or sometimes approximate. It may correspond to the premiere date or publication year or completion of the composition (that can be several years after its first public execution).
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1813-1901 Giuseppe Verdi °
1865-1957 Jean Sibelius °
1862-1918 Claude Debussy °
1875-1937 Maurice Ravel °
1873-1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff °
1858-1924 Giacomo Puccini °
1864-1949 Richard Strauss °
° : Masterpieces listed
On stage or recorded, listen these essential works Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Concerto, Symphony, Rhapsody, Sonata, Lied, Mass, Suite, Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Waltz, March, Operetta, ...
Composed for piano, harpsichord, organ, violin, cello, viola, flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, string orchestra, string quartet, ...
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