Background
Korngold, Eric Wolfgang was born on May 29, 1897 in Bruenn, Austria. Son of Doctor Julius and Josephine (Witrofsky) Korngold.
Korngold, Eric Wolfgang was born on May 29, 1897 in Bruenn, Austria. Son of Doctor Julius and Josephine (Witrofsky) Korngold.
2 sons, Ernest Werner, George Wolfgang. Came to the United States, 1934, naturalized, 1943.
Professor Vienna State Academy for Music. Conductor Opera House, Hamburg, Germany, and State Opera. Vienna; pianist, composer and conductor with many European orchestras.
Composer, conductor of music for motion pictures. Anthony Adverse (Academy award), 1936. Adventures of Robin Hood (Academy award), 1938.
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, 1939. The Sea Hawk, 1940; The Sea Wolf, 1941. King’s Row, 1941; The Constant Nymph, 1942.
Devotion, 1943; Deception, Escape Me Never, 1946.
Married Luise von Sonnenthal, April 30, 1924.