Alban Berg
Berg, Alban - älˈbän bĕrk, 1885–1935, Austrian composer. In his youth he taught himself music but in 1904 he became the pupil and close friend of Arnold Schoenberg. Later Berg himself taught privately in Vienna. He adopted atonality and later the twelve-tone technique of Schoenberg, although he tempered it with the lyric and dramatic qualities of the Viennese Read More...
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Musical Trends in the 20th Century (Chap. Twenty "Alban Berg (1885-1935)")
by Norman Demuth. 364 pgs.
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A History of Modern Music (Chap. 2 "Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Alban Berg")
by Paul Collaer, Sally Abeles. 416 pgs.
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European Music in the Twentieth Century ("Alban Berg and Anton Webern" begins on p. 94)
by Howard Hartog. 341 pgs.
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Viva La Liberta! Politics in Opera ("Wozzeck and Its Impact" begins on p. 270)
by Anthony Arblaster. 345 pgs.
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The Modern Age, 1890-1960 ("Alban Berg and Anton Webern" begins on p. 362)
by Martin Cooper. 766 pgs.
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Twentieth Century Music: How it Developed, How to Listen to It (Chap. XVI "The New Opera: Berg, Hindemith, Weill, Krenek, Honeggar, Milhaud, Gruenberg, etc.")
by Marion Bauer, Ethel Peyser. 354 pgs.
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Twentieth-Century Chamber Music ("Narrative and Temporal Programs: Berg and Carter" begins on p. 35)
by James McCalla. 284 pgs.