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Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johanne Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone...
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Lulu
Lulu is an opera by the composer Alban Berg. The libretto was adapted by Berg himself from Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1904).
Berg first saw Die Büchse der Pandora in 1905 in a...
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Violin Concerto
Alban Berg's Violin Concerto was written in 1935 (the score is dated August 11, 1935). It is probably Berg's best-known and most frequently performed piece.
The piece stemmed from a commission from the violinist Louis Krasner. When he first received...
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- Aug 11, 1935
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Wozzeck
Wozzeck is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. It was composed between 1914 and 1922 and first performed in 1925. Since then it has established a solid place for itself in the mainstream operatic tradition, and modern productions...
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Lyric Suite
Lyric Suite is a six-movement work for string quartet written by Alban Berg between 1925 and 1926 using methods derived from Schoenberg's twelve tone technique. Though publicly dedicated to Alexander von Zemlinsky (from whose Lyric Symphony it...
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- 1926
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Seven Early Songs
The Seven Early Songs (Sieben frühe Lieder), (c. 1905 to 1908), are early compositions of Alban Berg, written while he was under the tutelage of Arnold Schoenberg. They are an interesting synthesis combining Berg's heritage of pre-Schoenberg song...
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Piano sonata
Alban Berg's Piano sonata (Klaviersonate) is his only piano work given an opus number (Op. 1). Although the sonata was published in 1910, the exact date of composition is unknown; sources suggest that it was written in 1909.
Berg first studied under...
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- 1908
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String Quartet Op. 3
The String Quartet Op. 3 by Alban Berg was composed in 1910. Along with the composer's piano sonata it received its premiere on 14 April 1911, although it was not published until 1920. In two movements (Langsam and Mäßige viertel), the work is more...
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Kammerkonzert
The Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern (Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments) is a piece of chamber music composed by Austrian composer Alban Berg. It was composed between 1923 and 1925. The short score was...
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Altenberg Lieder
Five Orchestral Songs is a composition by Alban Berg. Composed in 1911-1912, Funf Orchesterlieder op. 4 received its premiere under the baton of Berg's teacher, Arnold Schoenberg. The text comes from 'picture-postcard texts(Ansichtskarten-Texten)'...
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Three Pieces for Orchestra
Alban Berg's Three Pieces for Orchestra (German - Drei Orchesterstücke) was composed from 1913-1915. It is dedicated “to my teacher and friend Arnold Schoenberg in immeasurable gratitude and love".
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- 1915
