Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( BAIRG; Austrian German: [ˈalbaːn ˈbɛrg]; 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. 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 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. 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). He is said to have brought more "human values" to the twelve-tone system; his works are seen as more "emotional" than those of Schoenberg. His music had a surface glamour that won him admirers when Schoenberg himself had few. Berg died from sepsis in 1935.
Genre: opera
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Top Tracks
- Klavierstück in B Minor
- Berg: Lulu Suite: II. Ostinato (Allegro)
- Piano Sonata, Op. 1
- Lulu, Prologue: Hereinspaziert in die Menagerie
- Lulu, Act I: Darf ich eintreten? – Mein Sohn! – Wie ist dir?
- Lyric Suite For String Quartet (1926): I. Allegretto gioviale
- Lulu, Act I: Ich darf mich jetzt hier nicht sehen lassen
- Lulu, Act I: Machen Sie auf! – [Interlude] Wollen Sie mir zuhaken
- "Es ist ein Reis entsprungen"
- Five Orchestral Songs on Postcard Texts of Peter Altenberg, Op. 4: I. Song No. 1
- Sieben frühe Lieder: 3. Die Nachtigall
- Lulu, Act III (Compl. Cerha): Das ist der letzte Abend – Lulu! Mein Engel!
- Lulu, Act III (Compl. Cerha): Wer ist das?
- Lulu, Act III (Compl. Cerha): Brilliant! Es geht brilliant
- Lulu, Act III (Compl. Cerha): Meine Herrn und Damen! – Der Staatsanwalt bezahlt demjenigen
- Lulu, Act II: Wenn sich die Menschen – Du kannst mich nicht dem Gericht
- Lulu, Act I: Verwandlungsmusik
- Lulu, Act I: Monoritmica Nun? – Du hast eine halbe Million geheiratet
- Lulu, Act I: Was tut denn Ihr Vater da? Sonata. Wenn ich ihr Mann wäre
- Lulu, Act I: Den hab' ich mir auch ganz anders vorgestellt
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