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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (29 May 1897 – 29 November 1957) was an Austrian-born American composer and conductor. He was the first composer of international stature to write Hollywood scores.
Two Variations on the Life of Korngold
Richard Strauss spoke highly of the youth, and along with Mahler told Korngold's father there was no benefit in having his son enroll in a music conservatory since his abilities were already years ahead of what he could learn there. --- adapted from Wikipedia
Bio Limerick
When Korngold was merely a teen
He burst on the musical scene,
He wrote for a while
In theatrical style,
And then he wrote scores for the screen.
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Bio by Way of Heroic Couplets
When Erich Wolfgang Korngold was a kid
Musicians were amazed by what he did.
A teenager with talent so ferocious,
He redefined the very word “precocious”.
In later life he channeled such ability
Towards a field that needed much facility,
And he was asked a dozen times or more
To give a film a big symphonic score.
The gusto in his music was advantageous
To pictures at the Bijou and Pantages.
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