George Korngold (December 17, 1928 in Vienna, Austria â€" November 25,
1987 in Los Angeles, California) was a prominent record producer as
well as a music editor and producer active within the film industry.
He was the younger son of Austrian composer Erich Wolfgang
Korngold.George's father first went to Hollywood in 1934 to work on
the Max Reinhardt production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and
travelled to and from Vienna for the next several years. During this
time, George remained in Vienna: it was not until 1938 and the
family's decisive move from that city that George arrived in the
United States with his parents.Reports that George Korngold attended
the Vienna Academy of Music are thus mysterious: at the time he left
Vienna, he was not yet ten years old. However, since Erich Korngold
taught at the Academy throughout the early 1930s, it is thought
possible that the young boy was permitted to be present in classes.As
a record producer, George Korngold was much involved with film music,
in the 1970s co-producing (with Charles Gerhardt) the 14-volume
Classic Film Scores Series for RCA Records. He also produced a series
of 'landmark' recordings of his father's works, including the operas
Die tote Stadt (for RCA) and Violanta (for CBS) and a disc of the
First and Third String Quartets (for RCA; played by the Chilingirian
Quartet). In 1979, he produced one of the first digital audio
recordings, for Chalfont Records; it was the first commercial release
of his father's music for Kings Row, Charles Gerhardt conducting.
1987 in Los Angeles, California) was a prominent record producer as
well as a music editor and producer active within the film industry.
He was the younger son of Austrian composer Erich Wolfgang
Korngold.George's father first went to Hollywood in 1934 to work on
the Max Reinhardt production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and
travelled to and from Vienna for the next several years. During this
time, George remained in Vienna: it was not until 1938 and the
family's decisive move from that city that George arrived in the
United States with his parents.Reports that George Korngold attended
the Vienna Academy of Music are thus mysterious: at the time he left
Vienna, he was not yet ten years old. However, since Erich Korngold
taught at the Academy throughout the early 1930s, it is thought
possible that the young boy was permitted to be present in classes.As
a record producer, George Korngold was much involved with film music,
in the 1970s co-producing (with Charles Gerhardt) the 14-volume
Classic Film Scores Series for RCA Records. He also produced a series
of 'landmark' recordings of his father's works, including the operas
Die tote Stadt (for RCA) and Violanta (for CBS) and a disc of the
First and Third String Quartets (for RCA; played by the Chilingirian
Quartet). In 1979, he produced one of the first digital audio
recordings, for Chalfont Records; it was the first commercial release
of his father's music for Kings Row, Charles Gerhardt conducting.
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