Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed his Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, in 1945. Working in the lush, lyrical idiom reminiscent of fin de siecle Vienna, Korngold scored the concerto for elaborate instrumental forces. In addition to the solo violin, the concerto calls for two flutes (one also piccolo), two oboes (one also cor anglais), two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons (one also double bassoon), four horns, two trumpets, trombone, harp, strings, as well as a colorful percussion section of timpani, bass drum, cymbals, gong, tubular bell, glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone, and celesta.