Alban Berg
Born: 9th February 1885, Vienna, Austria
Died: 24th December 1935, Vienna, Austria
Nationality: Austrian
Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively small oeuvre, he is remembered as one of the most important composers of the 20th century for his expressive style encompassing "entire worlds of emotion and structure".
Berg was born and lived in Vienna. He began to compose only at the age of fifteen. He studied counterpoint, music theory and harmony with Arnold Schoenberg between 1904 and 1911, and adopted his principles of developing variation and the twelve-tone technique.
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Popular Works: Berg
- 3 Wozzeck-Fragments (7)
- 5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 (21)
- Adagio - 2nd movement of the Chamber Concert (10)
- Adagio for violin, clarinet and piano (4)
- An Leukon (7)
- Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (33)
- Der Wein (16)
- Die Nachtigall (24)
- Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6 (33)
- Er klagt, daß der Frühling so kurz blüht (6)
- Erster Verlust (4)
- Ferne Lieder (6)
- Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (37)
- Fraue, du Süsse (4)
- Grabschrift (4)
- Ich will die Fluren meiden (4)
- Im Zimmer (6)
- Jugendlieder (9)
- Lulu (16)
- Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchestra (36)
- Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926) (38)
- Lyric Suite - for soprano and string quartet (6)
- Lyric Suite - three movements for string orchestra (1928) (31)
- Mignon (5)
- Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (123)
- Regen (4)
- Schliesse mir die Augen beide (12)
- Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1907 version) (9)
- Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1925 version) (12)
- Sehnsucht I (5)
- Sieben frühe Lieder (67)
- Sommertage (5)
- Spaziergang (4)
- String Quartet, Op. 3 (35)
- Tiefe Sehnsucht (4)
- Traumgekrönt (4)
- Über den Bergen (4)
- Vier Lieder, Op. 2 (26)
- Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935) (97)
- Wozzeck (29)
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