Canon
Where to start with Korngold
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralViolin Concerto in D major, op. 35
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StageDie tote Stadt, op. 12 — Opera
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Vocal12 Lieder, 'So Gott und Papa will', song cycle
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Keyboard4 Waltzes
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ChamberMariettas Lied zur Laute, for violin and piano
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OrchestralSinfonietta in B major, op. 5
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StageThe Sea Hawk
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Vocal3 Lieder, op. 22
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Vocal4 Lieder from Shakespeare, op. 31
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Vocal5 Lieder, op. 38
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VocalAbschiedslieder, op. 14
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VocalAngedenken, for voice and piano
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StageAnother Dawn
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OrchestralBaby Serenade, op. 24
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StageBetween Two Worlds
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Korngold's catalogueMost Popular
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Violin Concerto in D major
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The Sea Hawk (film score)
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (film score)
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Tomorrow (from The Sea Hawk)
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String Quartet No. 3 in D major
Most Acclaimed
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Violin Concerto
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Symphony in F-sharp
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Das Wunder der Heliane (opera)
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Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major
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Die tote Stadt (opera)
Most Weird
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Symphony in F-sharpwritten in 1952 Hollywood — a huge late-Romantic symphony that the world had moved past; he died without seeing it accepted
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Das Wunder der Helianeopera — a naked woman brings a man back from the dead; lushly erotic Romantic opera in 1927
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Piano Sonata No. 3written at age 15 — structurally sophisticated in a way that astonished professionals
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Straussiana (orchestra)
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String Quartet No. 3the most complex of his quartets
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 78
- Orchestral
- ● Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35
- Sinfonietta in B major, op. 5
- Baby Serenade, op. 24
- Cello Concerto in C major, op. 37
- Concerto for Piano Left-Hand and Orchestra, op. 17
- Military March in B flat major
- Schauspiel Overture, op. 4
- Straussiana, for orchestra
- Sursum Corda, symphonic overture, op. 13
- Symphonic Serenade, op. 39
- Symphony in F sharp major, op. 40
- Tanzchen im alten Stil
- The Adventures of Robin Hood, symphonic suite from the film score
- Theme and Variations, op. 42
- Tomorrow, for alto, chorus and orchestra, op. 33
- Stage
- Die tote Stadt, op. 12 — Opera
- The Sea Hawk
- Another Dawn
- Between Two Worlds
- Captain Blood
- Das Lied der Liebe
- Das Wunder der Heliane, op. 20 — Opera
- Deception, film score
- Der Ring des Polykrates, op. 7 — Opera
- Der Schneemann
- Devotion
- Die Kathrin, op. 28 — Opera
- Die Stumme Serenade, op. 36
- Escape Me Never
- Juarez
- King's Row
- Much Ado About Nothing, op. 11 — Incidental music
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
- The Prince and the Pauper
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- The Sea Wolf
- Violanta, op. 8 — Opera
- Vocal
- 12 Lieder, 'So Gott und Papa will', song cycle
- 3 Lieder, op. 22
- 4 Lieder from Shakespeare, op. 31
- 5 Lieder, op. 38
- Abschiedslieder, op. 14
- Angedenken, for voice and piano
- Der Geniale, for voice and piano
- Die Gansleber im Hause Duschnitz, for voice and piano
- Die Geniale, for voice and piano
- Drei Lieder, op. 18
- Einfache Lieder, op. 9
- Nachts, for voice and piano
- Passover Psalm, op. 30
- Reiselied, for voice and piano
- Sonett Für Wien, op. 41
- Songs of the Clown, song cycle, op. 29
- Unvergänglichkeit, song cycle, op. 27
- Vesper, for voice and piano
- Keyboard
- 4 Waltzes
- Der Schneemann, 4 easy pieces
- Don Quixote, 6 pieces
- Geschichten von Strauss, op. 21
- Kleine Karikaturen, 4 pieces, op. 19
- Märchenbilder, 7 pieces, op. 3
- Piano Sonata no. 1 in D minor
- Piano Sonata no. 2 in E major, op. 2
- Piano Sonata no. 3 in C major, op. 25
- Was der Wald erzählt, suite
- Chamber
- Mariettas Lied zur Laute, for violin and piano
- Much Ado About Nothing, suite from the incidental music for violin and piano, op. 11
- Piano Quintet in E major, op. 15
- Piano Trio in D major, op. 1
- Romance-Impromptu, for cello and piano
- Serenade, for violin and piano
- Sextet for Strings in D major, op. 10
- String Quartet no. 1 in A major, op. 16
- String Quartet no. 2 in E flat major, op. 26
- String Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 34
- Suite for 2 Violins, Cello, and Piano, op. 23
- Tanzlied des Pierot, for violin and piano
- Violin Sonata in G major, op. 6