Julius Leopold Korngold (24 December 1860 – 25 September 1945) was an Austrian music critic.[1] He was the leading critic in early twentieth century Vienna, serving as chief music critic of the Neue Freie Presse from 1904 to 1934. His son was the composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, whom he named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of his favorite composers.[2]
Julius Korngold | |
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 Julius Korngold 1911 (Left) | |
| Born | Julius Leopold Gagnon 22 December 1860 |
| Died | 20 September 1945 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Music Critic |
| Years active | 1904-1934 |
| Children | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
Life and career
editHe was the father of composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold.[3] He co-wrote the libretto of the opera Die tote Stadt with his son (under the collective pseudonym Paul Schott).[4] He died in Hollywood, California on 25 September 1945.[5]
In his time, he was known as the "dean of European music critics".[5] He is most notable for championing the works of Gustav Mahler at a time when many did not think much of him.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Julius Korngold". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Sillitoe, Stuart. "Korngold Claves 50-1808". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Carroll, Brendan G. (2020) [2001]. "Korngold, Erich Wolfgang". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.3000000199. ISBN 9781561592630. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ Carroll, Brendan; G.Pauly, Reinhard G., The Last Prodigy: A Biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Amadeus Press, Portland, 1997, p.121-3
- ^ a b "JULIUS KORNGOLD, NOTED MUSIC CRITIC; Dean of European Experts Is Dead in Hollywood--Wrote for Vienna Newspaper". The New York Times. 27 September 1945. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Loomis, George (4 January 2008). "Erich Wolfgang Korngold: A composer returns to the limelight". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Haas, Michael (3 September 2021). "Julius Korngold's Article on "The Modern" in Music, 1901: Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler". forbiddenmusic.org. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
Further reading
edit- Antonicek: "Korngold Julius Leopold". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 4, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1969, p. 132.
- Poole, Marian (2009). "Making Korngold: Korngold, Schoenberg and the Neues Wiener Tagblatt Poll, Vienna, 1930" (PDF). Context. 33: 97–106.
- Giger, Andreas (Autumn 1998). "A Matter of Principle: The Consequences for Korngold's Career". The Journal of Musicology. 16 (4). University of California Press: 545–564. doi:10.2307/763982. JSTOR 763982.
- Haas, Michael (2013). "Mahler and His Chronicler Julius Korngold". Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis. New Haven: Yale University Press. doi:10.12987/9780300154313. ISBN 978-0-300-15431-3.
- Holzer, Georg (28 March 2019). "The Child Prodigy Korngold Conquers Munich". Takt1.
External links
edit- Works by or about Julius Korngold at the Internet Archive
- Free scores by Julius Korngold at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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