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Alban Berg was an Austrian composer, pianist, musician, and librettist born in Vienna in 1885. He was a member of the Second Viennese School and studied under Arnold Schoenberg. His notable works include the operas *Wozzeck* and *Lulu*, as well as the *Violin Concerto*. Berg’s compositions are associated with the genres of opera and the twelve-tone technique.
He participated in World War I and worked primarily in Vienna. Berg died in Vienna in 1935 from sepsis, which is classified as natural causes. He is buried at Hietzing Cemetery. His archives are held at the Bavarian State Library.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Austria
- Active from
- 1885
- Active to
- 1935
Discography
- Violin Concerto1954
- Berg: Sonata for Piano, op. 1 / Schoenberg: Three Piano Pieces, op. 11 / Křenek: Sonata no. 3 for Piano, op. 92, no. 41959
- Suites From Wozzeck / Lulu1961
- Berg: Violinkonzert / Martinon: Violinkonzert Nr. 21971
- “Wozzeck” Act III / Seven Early Songs1973
- Alan Berg: Lulu (suite) / Richard Strauss: Salome (final scene)1974
- Wozzeck1974
- Kammermusik1978
- Lulu1978
- Lulu1979
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 105,928
- Total plays
- 874,347
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Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 - December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School along with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, producing works that combined Mahlerian romanticism with a highly personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. Berg was born in Vienna, the third of four children of Johanna and Conrad Berg. His family lived comfortably until the death of his father in 1900. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alban+B
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johannes
- Family name
- Berg
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- librettist
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Violin Concerto
- Student of
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Field of work
- music
- Instrument
- piano
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Alban Berg (1885–1935) ~1930 © Max Fenichel (1885–1942).jpg
- Work location
- Vienna
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- Commons category
- Alban Berg
- date of birth
- 1885-11-09
- date of death
- 1935-12-24
- topic's main category
- Category:Alban Berg
- cause of death
- sepsis
- Commons Creator page
- Alban Berg
- member of
- Second Viennese School
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Alban Berg
- place of burial
- Hietzing Cemetery
- birth name
- Albano Maria Johannes Berg
- writing language
- German
- start of work period
- 1907-00-00
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Alban Berg
- date of baptism
- 1885-03-01
- end of work period
- 1936-01-01
- P12674
- Curt Lowens
- P12749
- Johann I of Saxony
- medical condition
- depression
- subject named as
- Alban Berg
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Alban Berg, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Letter from Alban Berg and Helene Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Alban Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Alban Berg and Helene Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann and Margarete Hauptmann
Letter from Alban Berg and Helene Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Alban Berg and Helene Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Alban Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Helene Berg and Alban Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Helene Berg and Alban Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Helene Berg and Alban Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann and Margarete Hauptmann
Letter from Helene Berg and Alban Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Helene Berg and Alban Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Helene Berg and Alban Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
Letter from Helene Berg and Alban Berg to Gerhart Hauptmann
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Encyclopedic overview
Alban Maria Johannes Berg (/bɛərɡ/ 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 (1914–1922) and Lulu (from 1928; finished posthumously), the chamber pieces Lyric Suite and Chamber Concerto, as well as a Violin Concerto. He also composed a number of songs (lieder).
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