Korngold in America : music, myth, and Hollywood / Ben Winters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winters, Ben, 1976- author.

Series:

Oxford music/media series.

Oxford scholarship online.

The Oxford music/media series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957--Criticism and interpretation.

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang.

Motion picture music--United States--History--20th century.

Motion picture music.

Film composers--United States.

Film composers.

Expatriate composers--Austria.

Expatriate composers.

Composers--United States.

Composers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

'Korngold in America' offers new ways of listening to Viennese composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold's scores to Warner Bros. films, exploring their relationship with his wider compositional output. Drawing on previously unpublished archival materials, the book provides a complete picture of Korngold's film-scoring activities and dismantles many of the myths about the composer. It argues for a reassessment of Korngold, and for a newfound significance for his film scores in twentieth-century music history.

Contents:

Introduction: A composer in transition?

1. Korngold and the Hollywood Studio system: A productive working relationship

2. A musician for hire: Korngold's contracts with Warner Bros.

3. A Hollywood compositional toolbox

4. Korngold, the Hollywood dramatist

5. Korngold, materiality, and worldbuilding

6. Korngold between two worlds: Hollywood and the concert hall

7. Korngold's Hollywood legacy: The purer realm of phantasy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 9, 2025).

ISBN:

9780197684818

0197684815

9780197684795

0197684793

OCLC:

1483659783