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Erich Wolfgang Korngold 1897–1957 The perfect hero, perfect plot, I did not live to score. That would have meant, as like as not, Techniques I used before, But barer. Fewer upward sweeps Among the strings; no harps; Fanfares, but diatonic; leaps Of key from flats to sharps Avoided, save where, as with change Of focus, they explain. You cannot treat the Texas Range And soundstage Spanish Main In one tonality. But who For hero, what the script? A costumed Jüd in derring-do Or Zarathustra stripped? I am not Richard Strauss, alas, Enjoying it both ways. I am not sure it’s greener grass Or topiary maze Or Herod’s cistern I am in, With Bette Davis soap. And underscoring Errol Flynn Needs certain skills to cope 6 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. Or one’s own head is on the plate. Not quite Jokanaan, Contract renewed and up to date, I notate on and on, Who am an exile exiled thrice: From city, era, tongue. Of course, Vienna has its price. I am no bard unsung. Ex-prodigy I, you ex-star, For our time left to be We are in real life what we are. The hero may be me. 7 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...

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