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Chapters: Die Tote Stadt, Violanta, Die Kathrin. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Die tote Stadt (German for The Dead City) is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The libretto is by the composer and Paul Schott (a pseudonym of the composers father Julius Korngold), and is based on Bruges-la-Morte, a short novel by Georges Rodenbach. When Die tote Stadt had its premiere on December 4, 1920, Korngold was just 23 years old with two short one-act operas, Der Ring des Polykrates and Violanta, already to his name. The success of these earlier works was so great that Die tote Stadt was subject to a fierce competition among German theaters for the right to the world premiere. In the end, an unusual double premiere was arranged and the opera opened simultaneously in Hamburg and Cologne. Die tote Stadts theme of overcoming the loss of a loved one resonated with contemporary audiences of the 1920s who had just come through the trauma and grief of World War I, and this undoubtedly fueled the operas popularity. Die tote Stadt was one of the greatest hits of the 1920s. Within two years of its premiere it had circled the globe and even received several performances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. But the work was banned by the Nazi régime because of Korngolds Jewish ancestry and after World War II it fell into obscurity. In recent years, however, the work has enjoyed notable revivals, among others in Bonn, Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera and in Vienna State Opera. The opera received its UK premiere on 14 January 1996 in a concert performance by the Kensington Symphony Orchestra conducted by Russell Keable at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, with Ian Caley (Paul) and Christine Teare (Marie/Marietta). The first UK staged performance was on...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2991770 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 - November 29, 1957) was a film and romantic music composer. While his compositional style was considered well out of vogue at the time he died, his music has more recently undergone a reevaluation and a gradual reawakening of interest. Along with Max Steiner, he is often called the father of film music. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1922.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Max Steiner, Ernst Toch, Eric Zeisl, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Hanns Eisler, Harald Kloser, Ernest Gold, Walter Werzowa, Hans May, Anton Karas. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner plus connu sous le nom de Max Steiner (né le 10 mai 1888 et décédé le 28 décembre 1971) est un compositeur de musiques de film austro-américain. Né à Vienne en Autriche, il émigre aux États-Unis en 1914. Il naît dans une famille juive baignant dans le milieu artistique, son père était ainsi directeur d'un théâtre et son parrain était Richard Strauss. Très jeune il montre des talents de compositeur prodige. Il étudie la musique et reçoit l'enseignement de Gustav Mahler et Johannes Brahms. Dès l'âge de 16 ans, il écrit une opérette. Travaillant au Royaume Uni en 1914, il obtient malgré sa nationalité des papiers pour partir aux États-Unis grâce au parrainage du duc de Westminster. Pendant 15 ans il travaille à New York comme chef d'orchestre ou arrangeur à Broadway. En 1929 il rejoint Hollywood, initialement pour l'orchestration du film Rio Rita pour la RKO Radio Pictures. Sa carrière est lancée par la bande originale de King Kong en 1933. Il a composé pour des dizaines de films parmi lesquels Casablanca, Arsenic et vieilles dentelles, Le Rebelle ou Autant en emporte le vent. Max Steiner a été nommé 26 fois aux Oscar de la meilleure musique de film, les recevant à trois reprises. Il a eu à titre posthume son étoile sur le Walk of Fame (1551 Vine Street) ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Madeleine Albright, Gerty Cori, Louis Brandeis, Alex Birns, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Jaromír Weinberger, Fredy Perlman, Rudolf Friml, Rudolf Firkušný, Ivanka Trump, Eduard Bloch, Gotthard Deutsch, Hans Kelsen, Petr Beckmann, Dina Babbitt, Rudolf Serkin, Emil Lederer, Joachim Gans, Hadassah Lieberman, Thomas Buergenthal, Emil Steiner, Adolph J. Sabath, Michael Salcman, Leopold Karpeles, Adolf Kraus, Joseph Lewi, Olga Taussky-Todd, Paul Kohner, Anita Pollitzer, Emanuel Schreiber, Isidore Singer, William S. Pollitzer. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 178. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Louis D. Brandeis (pronounced ; November 13, 1856 October 5, 1941) was a United States Supreme Court Justice from 1916 to 1939. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Jewish parents who had immigrated from Europe. He enrolled at Harvard Law School, graduating at the age of twenty with the highest grade average in the colleges history. Brandeis settled in Boston where he became a recognized lawyer through his work on social causes that would benefit society. He helped develop the "right to privacy" concept by writing a Harvard Law Review article of that title, and was thereby credited by legal scholar Roscoe Pound as having accomplished "nothing less than adding a chapter to our law". Years later, a book he published, entitled Other People's Money, suggested ways of curbing the power of large banks and money trusts, which partly explains why he later fought against powerful corporations, monopolies, public corruption, and mass consumerism, all of which he felt were detrimental to American values and culture. He also became active in the Zionist movement, seeing it as a solution to the "Jewish problem" of antisemitism in Europe and Russia, while at the same time being a way to "revive the J...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24102656 ... Read more

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Title: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Adventures of A Wunderkind.
Author: Neil Crory
Publication: Opera Canada (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 48Issue: 5Page: 53(1)

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Ernő Dohnányi, Georgy Sviridov, Vittorio Giannini, Clarence Cameron White, Valery Gavrilin, Fritz Stiedry, Alexander Moyzes. Excerpt:Alexander Moyzes (* September 4, 1906 in Klá tor pod Znievom November 20, 1984 in Bratislava ) was a 20th century neoromantic composer . Biography Moyzes was born into a musical family in 1906 in northern Hungary . His father was the composer and educator Mikulá Moyzes. After earlier technical studies, in 1925 he entered the Prague Conservatory , where he studied organ, conducting and composition. He graduated in 1929 and went on to study in the master class of Vít zslav Novák , from which he graduated in the following year with his Overture for Orchestra, Opus 10 . It was Novák who directed his attention to Slovak music, the source of his inspiration. In 1929. Moyzes was appointed to the teaching staff of the Music and Drama Academy for Slovakia in Bratislava . He was became professor of composition at the Bratislava Conservatory in 1941 and spent a number of years as principal music advisor to Radio Bratislava, until compelled to resign in 1948. On its foundation he was appointed professor of composition at the Bratislava Music Academy, where he taught no less than three generations of Slovak composers. He headed the Academy as Rector from 1965 until 1971, and over the years undertook many important functions in the musical life of his country. With Eugen Sucho and Ján Cikker , Alexander Moyzes is considered one of the three leading composers of his generation in Slovakia . He succeeded in creating a style of composition that was thoroughly Slovak in inspiration, yet nevertheless took account of contemporary trends in European music, a synthesis that he was to consolidate in his later years. Pieces Orchestra Chamber Web... ... Read more

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Chapters: Operas by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Die Tote Stadt, Violin Concerto, Symphony in F Sharp Major, Sinfonietta, Violanta, Die Kathrin. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Die tote Stadt (German for The Dead City) is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The libretto is by the composer and Paul Schott (a pseudonym of the composers father Julius Korngold), and is based on Bruges-la-Morte, a short novel by Georges Rodenbach. When Die tote Stadt had its premiere on December 4, 1920, Korngold was just 23 years old with two short one-act operas, Der Ring des Polykrates and Violanta, already to his name. The success of these earlier works was so great that Die tote Stadt was subject to a fierce competition among German theaters for the right to the world premiere. In the end, an unusual double premiere was arranged and the opera opened simultaneously in Hamburg and Cologne. Die tote Stadts theme of overcoming the loss of a loved one resonated with contemporary audiences of the 1920s who had just come through the trauma and grief of World War I, and this undoubtedly fueled the operas popularity. Die tote Stadt was one of the greatest hits of the 1920s. Within two years of its premiere it had circled the globe and even received several performances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. But the work was banned by the Nazi régime because of Korngolds Jewish ancestry and after World War II it fell into obscurity. In recent years, however, the work has enjoyed notable revivals, among others in Bonn, Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera and in Vienna State Opera. The opera received its UK premiere on 14 January 1996 in a concert performance by the Kensington Symphony Orchestra conducted by Russell Keable at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, with I...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2991770 ... Read more

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Alfred Music Publishing is the worlds largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational#44; reference#44; pop#44; and performance materials for teachers#44; students#44; professionals#44; and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument#44; style#44; and difficulty level. Erich Korngolds score to the Sea Hawk#44; written in 1940#44; plays more like a symphony than a soundtrack. Jerry Brubaker has created a picturesque suite for symphonic band of several of the majestic themes from this marvelous score. ... Read more