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Erich Wolfgang Korngold

1897 - 1957

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈkɔʁnɡɔlt]; May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was an Austrian composer and conductor, who fled Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history. He was a noted pianist and composer of classical music, along with music for Hollywood films, and the first composer of international stature to write Hollywood scores. When he was 11, his ballet Der Schneemann (The Snowman) became a sensation in Vienna; his Second Piano Sonata, which he wrote at age 13, was played throughout Europe by Artur Schnabel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Wolfgang Korngold is the 219th most popular composer (down from 216th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 111th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Czech Composer.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold is most famous for composing the music for the 1942 film, "The Adventures of Robin Hood."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Erich Wolfgang Korngold ranks 219 out of 1,451. Before him are Dmitry Bortniansky, John Barry, Johann Joseph Fux, Umberto Giordano, Josef Mysliveček, and Francesca Caccini. After him are Josef Suk, Eugène Ysaÿe, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Andrea Gabrieli, Ludwig Minkus, and Fromental Halévy.

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Among people born in 1897, Erich Wolfgang Korngold ranks 47. Before him are Plaek Phibunsongkhram, John Cockcroft, Ivan Bagramyan, Paul Delvaux, John Franklin Enders, and Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco. After him are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Margaret Mahler, Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, Joseph Berchtold, and Leonid Govorov. Among people deceased in 1957, Erich Wolfgang Korngold ranks 34. Before him are Richard E. Byrd, Joseph McCarthy, Alfonso de Portago, Maurice Garin, František Kupka, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. After him are V. Gordon Childe, Eliot Ness, Erich von Stroheim, Aga Khan III, Henry Norris Russell, and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Erich Wolfgang Korngold ranks 107 out of 1,200. Before him are Matthias Sindelar (1903), Anne of Bohemia (1366), František Kupka (1871), Agnes of Bohemia (1211), Julius Fučík (1903), and Josef Mysliveček (1737). After him are Josef Suk (1874), Oldřich Nejedlý (1909), Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1035), Konrad Henlein (1898), Jiří Menzel (1938), and Zdeněk Miler (1921).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Erich Wolfgang Korngold ranks 9. Before him are Bedřich Smetana (1824), Leoš Janáček (1854), Bohuslav Martinů (1890), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), Johann Stamitz (1717), and Josef Mysliveček (1737). After him are Josef Suk (1874), Anton Reicha (1770), Eduard Hanslick (1825), Franz Benda (1709), Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739), and Julius Fučík (1872).

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