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Alban Berg

Also known as Alban Maria Johannes Berg

Austrian composer (1885–1935)

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Alban Berg (1885–1935) was an Austrian composer, pianist, musician, and librettist. Born in Vienna, he was a member of the Second Viennese School and a student of Arnold Schoenberg. His notable works include the operas *Wozzeck* and *Lulu*, as well as the *Violin Concerto*. Berg worked in Vienna and composed in the opera genre using the twelve-tone technique.

He participated in World War I. Berg died in Vienna on December 24, 1935, from sepsis due to natural causes. His archives are held at the Bavarian State Library.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1885
Died: 1935
Works: 86

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Arnold Schönberg
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Sonate für Klavier, op. 1
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Film & TV

Sound · Vienna, Austria

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Austria
Active from: 1885
Active to: 1935

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 105,928
Total plays: 874,347

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“I think the origin of all this clamour for tonality is not so much the need to sense a relationship to the tonic, as a need for familiar chords: let us be frank and say "for the triad"; and I believe I have good reason to say that just so long as a certain kind of music contains enough such triads, it causes no offence, even if in other ways it most violently clashes with the sacred laws of tonality.”
“The best music always results from ecstasies of logic.”

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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
Educated at: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Languages spoken: German
Notable work: Violin Concerto
Student of: Arnold Schoenberg
Field of work: music
Genre: twelve-tone technique
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 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

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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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