One of Korngold's earliest pieces - "Heinzelmaennchen" (The Imps)- written age 9, for his father's birthday but not published until 1996! Accompanied with a photogallery from my private collection. It is astonishingly assured music for a little boy in short trousers, a perfect little character-study.
His cousin Eva Maria Wiesner once told me that Heinzelmaennchen were the little imps that made mischief in the house, quite distinct fromthe Wichtelmaennchen (Goblins - the name of a piece from Korngold's Opus 3) who all live in the woods! So now you know!
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