Julius Korngold
Julius Leopold Korngold (together with his son Erich Wolfgang Korngold also under the pseudonym Paul Schott ; born December 24, 1860 in Brno , Austrian Empire ; died September 25, 1945 in Los Angeles ) was an Austrian music critic, pianist and lawyer.
Life
Julius Korngold was born as the elder son of a Jewish businessman (the younger was Eduard Korngold , theater actor and writer, 1863-1939). From 1881 to 1887 he studied law at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in law (Dr. jur.). He also studied music theory and harmony at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde under Franz Krenn and Anton Bruckner .
After returning to Brno, Korngold completed his legal internship. At the same time he worked as a music critic for the daily messenger in Brno. His marriage to Josefine Witrofski resulted in two sons, the musician Hans Robert Korngold (1892–1965) and the pianist, composer and conductor Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957). While he largely ignored the older son, Julius Korngold promoted the high musical talent of his younger son and published joint works under the pseudonym Paul Schott .
In 1901 the family settled in Vienna again. In 1902 he was appointed to the Neue Freie Presse on Johannes Brahms ' recommendation, to which he first belonged as editor of the feature pages, and from 1904 to 1934 as music consultant.
After Austria was annexed to the German Reich, the family fled to the USA, where his younger son had emigrated in 1936.
In 1955, Korngoldgasse in Vienna- Penzing (14th district) was named after him.
Independent works
- Libretti
- with Leo Feld : The Ring of Polykrates. Lively opera in one act, based loosely on Heinrich Teweles' comedy of the same name . Music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Schott, Mainz / Leipzig [1915], first performance in 1916.
- with Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (under the common pseudonym Paul Schott ). Opera in three pictures. Opus 12. Freely adapted from G [eorges] Rodenbach "Das Trugbild" (" Bruges la morte " ). Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Schott's Sons, Mainz 1920, text book. World premiere: Hamburg and Cologne, December 4, 1920.
- Criticism, essays, memories
- German opera of the present . Critical essays. Leonhardt, Leipzig / Vienna 1921.
- The contemporary romance opera . Critical essays. Rikola, Vienna / Leipzig / Munich 1922.
- The Rosé Quartet . Fifty years of chamber music in Vienna . All programs from the 1st Quartet on January 22, 1883 to April 1932. With a foreword by Dr. Julius Korngold. Dedicated to Arnold Rosé by admirers of his art. Vienna: Pago, 1932.
- Atonal twilight . Critical contributions to the history of the new music-isms. Doblinger, Vienna 1937.
- The Korngolds in Vienna . The music critic and the child prodigy. Notes by Julius Korngold. (= Edition Music and Theater). M & T Verlag, Zurich / St. Gallen 1991, ISBN 3-7265-6022-X .
literature
- Antonicek: Korngold Julius Leopold. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 132.
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography . Volume 3, Kraus Reprint, Nendeln 1979, ISBN 3-262-01204-1 , p. 515. (Reprint of the Czernowitz edition 1925)
- Robert Schmitt Scheubel : The atonal assassins. Music reviews 1930 . consassis.de, 2014, ISBN 978-3-937416-50-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Julius Korngold in the catalog of the German National Library
- Article about Julius Korngold in LexM
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korngold, Julius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Korngold, Leopold Julius (full name); Schott, Paul (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian music critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brno , Austrian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1945 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , USA |