Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)

Nationality: Austrian | Moravian

Born: May 29, 1897, Brünn, Austria-Hungary (Brno, Czech Republic) Died: November 29, 1957, Hollywood, CA (age 60)

wikipedia | imslp | korngold-society.org

Marietta's Lied (From the opera "Die tote Stadt"), Op. 12

Duration: 6 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1920 (age 22-23)

Premiere: December 4, 1920. Hamburg and Cologne

Published: 1920, Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne (age 22-23)

Dedication: Dr. Ludwig Strecker

1 recording, 1 videos

5:32

Anne Sofie von Otter · Ulf Forsberg, Nils-Erik Sparf, Kjell Lysell, Bengt Forsberg

Related Composers

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)

Teacher

Nationality: Austrian

Born: October 14, 1871, Vienna Died: March 15, 1942, Larchmont, New York (age 70)

glossary

chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
lied [G], lieder [pl]—song; songs
opus [L], opera[pl], Op., Opp, WoO, Op. posth—work, as in a work of art. For unique identification, publishers/composers often assign an "opus number", abbreviated as "Op." (e.g. Op. 1). A range of works by opus number, uses the plural "opp." (e.g. "Opp. 1-3"). A single opus number may refer to a collection of works (e.g. a set of quartets) giving rise to designations like "Op. 1, No. 4". For misc. works without opus numbers, "WoO" is often used (e.g."Without Opus"). Posthumously assigned numbers may use "Op. posth". Opus numbers may not precisely reflect chronology (publication vs. composition), can be erroneous, sparse or duplicative. Thus, the works of some historically important composers may use separate catalog numbers (e.g. Bach, Haydn, Schubert). See wiki
transcription, transcribe—To re-score a work for an ensemble of instruments different from the original version. Typical examples include orchestrating piano or chamber works and visa versa. Within the realm of chamber music, a work for winds might be transcribed for strings, a symphony into a string quartet, a trio featuring a clarinet substituting a viola. One interesting question is: who made the transcription, the original composer? One interesting effect is that the transcription may become favored over the original. One of the most curious transcriptions in all of chamber music is Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht", transcribed from string sextet to piano trio with amazing success by one of his students.