No, I seriously doubt this was a premiere performance. Also, it appears cuts were made in the Much Ado About Nothing suite........or perhaps there is an abridged version around.

I am disappointed in the orchestral score I purchased from Kalmus via "Sheet Music Plus" here in the States. It looks like a photographic reducton of a handwritten score and it is quite difficult to read. Is this the only American source for Korngold's music? -------- Also, can someone explain the f...

I explain Korngold's minimal notoriety by the fact that he came with no story of misery and suffering. He was lucky to escape much of the horrors of his time through the merits of his genius and by coming to the United States where he found a decent job in a Semitic-friendly environment. Had he prod...

Yes, you can tell, in the piano arrangement of the other movements that the melody, as written, is, at least in some places, too low for a violin. So, you've answered another question I didn't even think to ask. I think we owe Maestro Andre Previn our thanks for helping this suite to become well-kno...

Thank you for your reply but it raises another question. It occurs to me that Korngold himself thought a solo piano arrangement of the wonderful 3rd movement, "In the Garden", could not do justice to his chamber work. If I'm correct, it also shows that it was one of the composer's favorites as well ...

QUESTION: Because I am "in love" with the suite based on "Much Ado About Nothing", I have searched for sheet music and I did find Korngold's own arrangement for piano. However, the arrangement does NOT include the third movement "In the Garden" and that is my favorite part. SO, I am about to arrange...