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A Resu­mé of the 20th Century – 2000 Back to the Future

At the age of 15, Berg, born to an affluent family, had already begun to compose music ö initially only vocal music. Through arrangements made by his brother, he was able to study composition under Schönberg between 1904 and 1910, completing his first instrumental compositions at that time. His inheritance at the age of 21 in 1906 made it possible for him to devote himself entirely to his development as a composer. In the last compositions which Alban Berg wrote under the watchful eye of Schönberg, he perfected his change to atonality, which became characteristic for him during his later creative period. With Fragments from Wozzeck, a reworked concert version of Berg’s opera based on Georg Büchner's Woyzeck, Alban Berg succeeded in making his breakthrough in Frankfurt in 1924. The opera Wozzeck debuted at the Berliner Staatsoper in 1925 under the direction of Erich Kleiber.

Violin Concerto in Memory of an Angel, 1935 The violin concerto, which Berg completed several months before his death, has definite characterist

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Alban Berg

Biography

Alban Berg was a famous Austrian Composer, known for his personal rendition of the highly celebrated twelve-tone technique. His works with two other key personnel in music, Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, made him very well known amongst the orchestral music community, thus he was known as a member of the Second Viennese School.

Berg was born in Vienna, Austria on the 19 February 1885. His father ran an export business throughout Vienna from which he supported his family financially. However, Berg’s father died in 1900, forcing him to start thinking of career choices. Berg was not the brightest student academically; and he spent his first years out of graduation as a trainee civil servant. As a child Berg had taken piano lessons. In his spare time, he had composed over eighty songs and duets. His siblings, having noticed his great proficiency, enrolled him as a private pupil to famous composer Arnold Schoenberg, who was known for his works during the German Expressionist Movement. Berg was 19 at the time.

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Biography

 

1885
Alban (Albano Maria Johannes) Berg is born in Vienna on 9 February. His parents are Conrad Berg (1846–1900), who sells books and devotional objects, and Johanna Berg (née Braun, 1851–1926). Alban has three siblings: Hermann (1872–1921), Carl (Charly/Charley, 1881–1952) and Smaragda (1886–1954).

1895
Enters secondary school at the Oberrealschule, Schottenbastei, in Vienna’s 1st district (Innere Stadt).

Around 1900
First attempts at composition (piano music, songs).

1901–1908
Composes over 80 songs.

1904
After problems at school and an unsuccessful first attempt at his Matura school-leaving examinations, Berg passes at the second attempt and starts work as a trainee accountant at the Lower Austria “Statthalterei” (similar to the civil service).
Begins lessons with Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951), initially at Eugenie Schwarzwald’s school, then receives private instruction in counterpoint and music theory from Schönberg. Meets Anton Webern (1883–1945) for the first ti

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