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- ↑ Amaury du Closel: Erstickte Stimmen: "Entartete Musik" im Dritten Reich, p. 377 (2010): "Im Jahr 1946 begann Korngold mit der Arbeit an seinem letzten musikdramatischen Werk, Die stumme Serenade, op. 36, einer musikalischen Komödie, die sich durch eine äußerst ungewöhnliche Orchestrierung auszeichnet (zwei Klaviere, Celesta, zwei ... Das Werk kam zunächst 1951 in einer konzertanten Fassung bei Radio Wien zur Aufführung, bevor die eigentliche szenische Uraufführung 1954 in Dortmund stattfand."
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