5, is the first large-scale orchestral work written by the 20th-century Austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
The orchestration of it dragged on for another year, until September 1913, by which time Korngold had composed his Violin Sonata, Op.
6, and had begun his first opera Der Ring des Polykrates, Op.
[1] The Sinfonietta was premiered in Vienna on 30 November 1913 under the direction of Felix Weingartner (to whom the work is dedicated, in thanks for his support of Korngold), and was a sensational success, resulting in further performances all over Europe and America.
The work is in four movements: The work is scored for 2 flutes, piccolo (also third flute), 2 oboes (the second also cor anglais), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet in B♭, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, glockenspiel, triangle, snare drum, cymbals, bells in F♯ and B, 2 harps, celesta, upright piano and strings.