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Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( / bɛərɡ / BAIRG, [1] German: [ˈalbaːn ˈbɛʁk]; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. [2] Although he left a relatively small oeuvre, he is remembered as one of the most ...
- 9 February 1885, Vienna, Austria
- Composer
- 24 December 1935 (aged 50)
- List of compositions
Apr 17, 2024 · Alban Berg was an Austrian composer who wrote atonal and 12-tone compositions that remained true to late 19th-century Romanticism. He composed orchestral music (including Five Orchestral Songs, 1912), chamber music, songs, and two groundbreaking operas, Wozzeck (1925) and Lulu (1937).
Alban Berg 's Violin Concerto was written in 1935. It is probably Berg's best-known and most frequently performed piece. In it, Berg sought to reconcile diatonicism and dodecaphony. The work was commissioned by Louis Krasner, and dedicated by Berg to "the memory of an angel". It was the last work he completed.
- 1935
- Violin and orchestra
- Two (in two sections each)
- Concerto
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Nov 4, 2023 · Alban Berg: A Research and Information Guide, Third Edition is an annotated bibliography highlighting both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources that deal with Berg, his compositions, and his influence as a composer.
Oct 29, 2013 · Alban Berg (b. 1885–d. 1935) was the youngest of three composers, along with his teacher Arnold Schoenberg and colleague Anton von Webern, known as the “Second Viennese School.”. The three are most closely associated with the musical stylistic-compositional succession from late chromatic tonality to “atonal” (from 1908) through ...
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