!!!Fin de Siècle !!Erich Wolfgang Korngold: ''String Sextet'' [{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Erich_Wolfgang_Korngold_Streichsextett/120106a.jpg' alt='Erich Wolfgang Korngold' height='250' caption='Erich Wolfgang Korngold' width='191'}] The Oscar-winner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 Bruenn/Moravia - 1957 Los Angeles), was capable of producing more than the typical Hollywood-sound. In a European survey taken in 1923, he ranked as the most important composer after [Schoenberg|Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Arnold_Schönberg_Die_glückliche_Hand/Arnold_Schönberg_Die_glückliche_Hand_english]. He crossed the border between filmmusic and serious music by exchanging materials, and employing tried and true methods of each as a part of his musical vocabulary. The example from the beginning of his ''Streichsextett'' (String Sextet) of 1917, displays his mastery of the complex techniques of chamber music. Innovation was not only achieved by abandoning traditional procedures, it could also be the result of a new evaluation of musical materials and freer use of the harmonic means. (M. Saary) !Sound Clip [{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Erich_Wolfgang_Korngold_Streichsextett/120106am.mp3' caption='Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String sextet\\© 1990 Hyperion CDA66425, Interpreten: The Raphael Ensemble'}] [{Metadata Suchbegriff='' Kontrolle='Nein'}] %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Erich_Wolfgang_Korngold_Streichsextett|class='wikipage austrian'] %%