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Berg's major works include the operas Wozzeck (1924) and Lulu (1935, finished posthumously), the chamber pieces Lyric Suite and Chamber Concerto, as well as a Violin Concerto. He also composed a number of songs ( lieder ).
Composers | Genres | Operas | Libretti | Arias | About. Composer. Alban Berg 1885 - 1935. List of operas. Wozzeck - 3 acts - German. Libretto by Alban Berg based on the drama Woyzeck left incomplete by the German playwright Georg Büchner. First performance at Berlin State Opera on 14 December 1925. Lulu - German.
Wozzeck (German pronunciation:) is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. Composed between 1914 and 1922, it premiered in 1925. It is based on the drama Woyzeck, which German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at his death. Berg attended the first production in Vienna of Büchner's play on 5 May 1914, and knew at once that ...
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Lulu (composed from 1929 to 1935, premièred incomplete in 1937 and complete in 1979) is an opera in three acts by Alban Berg. Berg adapted the libretto from Frank Wedekind 's two Lulu plays , Erdgeist ( Earth Spirit , 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora ( Pandora's Box , 1904).
Jan 23, 2019 · Published: January 23, 2019 2:04pm EST. X (Twitter) Alban Berg’s Wozzeck is arguably the most important opera composed in the first half of the 20th century. It is certainly one of the...
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Learn about Alban Berg, a leading member of the Second Viennese School and a pupil of Schoenberg. Discover his musical style, life and his two operas, Wozzeck and Lulu, which influenced later generations of composers.