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Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 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 sma ...
: * ''Jugendlieder'' (1), composed 1901–4, voice and piano, published 1985 # "Herbstgefühl" (Siegfried Fleischer) # "Spielleute" (
Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...
) # "Wo der Goldregen steht" (F. Lorenz) # "Lied der Schiffermädels" (
Otto Julius Bierbaum Otto Julius Bierbaum (28 June 1865 – 1 February 1910) was a German writer. Bierbaum was born in Grünberg, Silesia. After studying in Leipzig, he became a journalist and editor for the journals ''Die freie Bühne'', ''Pan'' and '' Die Insel'' ...
) # "Sehnsucht" I (Paul Hohenberg) # "Abschied" (Elimar von Monsterberg-Muenckenau) # "Grenzen der Menschheit" (
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...
) # "Vielgeliebte schöne Frau" (
Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...
) # "Sehnsucht" II (Paul Hohenberg) # "Sternefall" ( Karl Wilhelm) # "Sehnsucht" III (Paul Hohenberg) # "Ich liebe dich!" (
Christian Dietrich Grabbe Christian Dietrich Grabbe (11 December 1801 – 12 September 1836) was a German dramatist of the ''Vormärz'' era. He wrote many historical plays conceiving a disillusioned and pessimistic world view, with some shrill scenes. Heinrich Heine ...
) # "Ferne Lieder" (
Friedrich Rückert Friedrich Rückert (16 May 1788 – 31 January 1866) was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages. Biography Rückert was born in Schweinfurt and was the eldest son of a lawyer. He was educated at the local '' Gymnasium'' ...
) # "Ich will die Fluren meiden" (Friedrich Rückert) # "Geliebte Schöne" (Heinrich Heine) # "Schattenleben" (
Martin Greif Martin Joel Greif (February 4, 1938, The Bronx, New York City - November 17, 1996, Cork (city), Cork, Ireland) was an American editor, lecturer, publisher and writer. He was the uncle of heavy metal music personality and lawyer Eric Greif. Backg ...
) # "Am Abend" (
Emanuel Geibel Emanuel von Geibel (17 October 18156 April 1884) was a German poet and playwright. Life Geibel was born at Lübeck, the son of a pastor. He was originally intended for his father's profession and studied at Bonn and Berlin, but his real interests ...
) # "Vorüber!" (Franz Wisbacher) # "Schummerlose Nächte" (Martin Greif) # "Es wandelt, was wir schauen (
Joseph von Eichendorff Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (10 March 178826 November 1857) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism.Cf. J. A. Cuddon: '' ...
) # "Liebe (
Rainer Maria Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), shortened to Rainer Maria Rilke (), was an Austrian poet and novelist. He has been acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, and is widely recogni ...
) # "Im Morgengrauen (
Karl Stieler Karl Stieler (December 15, 1842 in Munich, Germany – April 12, 1885 in Munich) was a German lawyer and author. Life Stieler was the son of the painter Joseph Karl Stieler and his wife, the poet Josephine von Miller. After graduating from scho ...
) # "Grabschrift (Ludwig Jakobowski) * ''Jugendlieder'' (2), composed 1904–8, voice and piano, published 1985 #"Traum" (Frida Semler) #"Augenblicke" (
Robert Hamerling Robert Hamerling (March 24, 1830July 13, 1889) was an Austrian poet. Biography Hamerling was born into a poor family at Kirchberg am Walde in Lower Austria. He displayed an early genius for poetry; his youthful attempts at drama excited the inte ...
) #"Die Näherin" (
Rainer Maria Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), shortened to Rainer Maria Rilke (), was an Austrian poet and novelist. He has been acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, and is widely recogni ...
) #"Erster Verlust" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) #"Süss sind mir die Schollen des Tales" (Karl Ernst Knodt) #"Er klagt das der Frühling so kortz blüht" (
Arno Holz Arno Holz (26 April 1863 – October 1929) was a German naturalist poet and dramatist. He is best known for his poetry collection ''Phantasus'' (1898). He was nominated for a Nobel prize in literature nine times. Life and Works Holz was born i ...
) #"Tiefe Sehnsucht" (
Detlev von Liliencron Baron Detlev von Liliencron born Friedrich Adolf Axel Detlev Liliencron Britannic ...
) #"Über den Bergen" (
Karl Busse Carl (Hermann) Busse (12 November 1872 – 3 December 1918) was a German lyric poet. He worked as a literary critic and published his own poetry and prose, occasionally under the pseudonym ''Fritz Döring''. Life Busse was born in Lindenstadt n ...
) #"Am Strande" (
Georg Scherer Georg Scherer (1540 – 30 November 1605) was a Roman Catholic pulpit orator and controversialist. Born at Schwaz, in Tyrol, Scherer entered the Society of Jesus in 1559. Even before his ordination he was famed for his preaching powers. For over ...
) #"Winter" (
Johannes Schlaf Johannes Schlaf (21 June 1862 in Querfurt – 2 February 1941 in Querfurt) was a German playwright, author, and translator and an important exponent of Naturalism. As a translator he was important for exposing the German-speaking world to the work ...
) #"Fraue, du Süsse" (Ludwig Finckh) #"Verlassen" (Bohemian folksong) #"Regen" (Johannes Schlaf) #"Traurigkeit" (
Peter Altenberg Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He played a key role in the genesis of early modernism in the city. Biography He was born Richard Engländer on 9 March 1859 in Vienna. The nom de p ...
) #"Hoffnung" (Peter Altenberg) #"Flötenspielerin" (Peter Altenberg) #"Spaziergang" (
Alfred Mombert Alfred Mombert (6 February 1872, in Karlsruhe – 8 April 1942, in Winterthur) was a Germans, German poet. Biography Mombert was the son of the Jewish-German merchant Eduard Mombert and his wife Helene Gombertz. The economist Paul Mombe ...
) #"Eure Weisheit" (
Johann Georg Fischer Johann Georg Fischer (25 October 1816 – 4 May 1897) was a German poet and playwright. Biography Fischer was born in Groß-Süßen, Württemberg. His father was a carpenter, who died early. After Johann finished his studies in Tübingen betwe ...
) #"So regnet es sich langsam ein" (Cäsar Flaischlein) #"Mignon" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) #"Die Sorglichen" (
Gustav Falke Gustav Falke (11 January 1853 – 8 February 1916) was a German writer. Life Falke was born in Lübeck to merchant Johann Friedrich Christian Falke and his wife Elisabeth Franziska Hoyer. The historians Johannes and were his uncles, and the t ...
) #"Das stille Königreich" (
Karl Busse Carl (Hermann) Busse (12 November 1872 – 3 December 1918) was a German lyric poet. He worked as a literary critic and published his own poetry and prose, occasionally under the pseudonym ''Fritz Döring''. Life Busse was born in Lindenstadt n ...
) #"An Leukon" (
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (2 April 1719 – 18 February 1803) was a German poet, commonly associated with the Enlightenment movement. Life Gleim was born at the small town of Ermsleben in the Principality of Halberstadt, then part of Prussia ...
) * Seven Early Songs, voice and piano, composed 1905–8, revised and orchestrated 1928 # "Nacht" (Carl Hauptmann) # "Schilflied" (
Nikolaus Lenau Nikolaus Lenau was the pen name of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau (13 August 1802 – 22 August 1850), a German-language Austrian poet. Biography He was born at Csatád (Schadat), Kingdom of Hungary, now Lenauheim, Banat, then p ...
) # "Die Nachtigall" (
Theodor Storm Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (; 14 September 18174 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer. He is considered to be one of the most important figures of German realism. Life Storm was born in the small town of Husum, on th ...
) # "Traumgekrönt" (
Rainer Maria Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), shortened to Rainer Maria Rilke (), was an Austrian poet and novelist. He has been acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, and is widely recogni ...
) # "Im Zimmer" (
Johannes Schlaf Johannes Schlaf (21 June 1862 in Querfurt – 2 February 1941 in Querfurt) was a German playwright, author, and translator and an important exponent of Naturalism. As a translator he was important for exposing the German-speaking world to the work ...
) # "Liebesode" (
Otto Erich Hartleben Otto Erich Hartleben (3 June 1864 – in Clausthal; 11 February 1905 in Salò) was a German poet and dramatist from Clausthal, known for his translation of ''Pierrot Lunaire''. Childhood, Education and Marriage Orphaned as a child, Hartlebe ...
) # "Sommertage" (Paul Hohenberg) * '' Schliesse mir die Augen beide'' (
Theodor Storm Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (; 14 September 18174 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer. He is considered to be one of the most important figures of German realism. Life Storm was born in the small town of Husum, on th ...
), voice and piano, composed 1907, published in 1930 & 1955 * ''An Leukon'' (Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim), voice and piano, composed 1908; published in 1937 & 1963 (Reich) & 1985 (UE) (2 versions exist: in G minor
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in E minor
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* ''Frühe Klaviermusik'', published 1989 * ''Zwölf Variationen über ein eigenes Thema'' in C, piano, composed Nov. 8, 1908; published in 1957 & 1985 * ''Symphony and Passacaglia'', fragment, composed 1913 *
Piano Sonata A piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement ( Scarlatti, Liszt, Scriabin, Medtner, Berg), others with t ...
, Op. 1, composed 1907–8, published April 24, 1911 * ''Vier Lieder'', Op. 2, voice and piano, composed 1909–10, published 1910 # "Schlafen, schlafen" (
Friedrich Hebbel Christian Friedrich Hebbel (18 March 1813 – 13 December 1863) was a German poet and dramatist. Biography Hebbel was born at Wesselburen in Dithmarschen, Holstein, the son of a bricklayer. He was educated at the ''Gelehrtenschule des Johanneu ...
) # "Schlafend trägt man mich" (
Alfred Mombert Alfred Mombert (6 February 1872, in Karlsruhe – 8 April 1942, in Winterthur) was a Germans, German poet. Biography Mombert was the son of the Jewish-German merchant Eduard Mombert and his wife Helene Gombertz. The economist Paul Mombe ...
) # "Nun ich der Riesen Stärksten" (Alfred Mombert) # "Warm die Lüfte" (Alfred Mombert) *
String Quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...
, Op. 3, composed 1910, published 1920 * '' Fünf Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtkartentexten von Peter Altenberg'', Op. 4, soprano and orchestra, 1912 (''Altenberg Lieder'') # "Seele, wie bist du schöner" # "Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen" # "Über die Grenzen des All" # "Nichts ist gekommen" # "Hier ist Friede" * Vier Stücke, Op. 5, clarinet and piano, composed 1913, published 1920 * Three Pieces for Orchestra (''Drei Orchesterstücke''), Op. 6, composed 1914–15 * ''
Wozzeck ''Wozzeck'' () is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. It was composed between 1914 and 1922 and first performed in 1925. The opera is based on the drama ''Woyzeck'', which the German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at h ...
'', Op. 7, composed 1914–22 * ''Drei Bruchstücke aus ‘Wozzeck’'', soprano and orchestra * Kammerkonzert, piano, violin, and 13 winds, composed 1923–5 * Adagio, violin, clarinet and piano, arranged 1926 (arrangement of ''Kammerkonzert'' mvmt. 2) * '' Schliesse mir die Augen beide'' (
Theodor Storm Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (; 14 September 18174 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer. He is considered to be one of the most important figures of German realism. Life Storm was born in the small town of Husum, on th ...
), voice and piano, composed 1925 * '' Lyric Suite'', string quartet, composed 1925–6 * ''Drei Sätze aus der Lyrischen Suite'', arranged for string orchestra, 1928 * "
Der Wein "" (The Wine) is a concert aria for soprano and orchestra, composed in 1929 by Alban Berg. The lyrics are from Stefan George's translation of three poems from Charles Baudelaire's ', as is the secret text of Berg's '' Lyric Suite''.Pople, Anthony ...
" (
Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poetry, French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticis ...
), concert aria, soprano and orchestra, composed 1929 * Four-part Canon ''Alban Berg an das Frankfurter Opernhaus'', composed 1930 * ''
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'', composed 1929–35, orchestration of Act 3 completed by
Friedrich Cerha Friedrich Cerha (born 17 February 1926) is an Austrian composer, conductor and music educator. Education and Career Cerha was born in Vienna, Austria, and educated at the Viennese Music Academy (violin with Váša Příhoda, composition with A ...
* ''Symphonische Stücke aus der Oper ‘Lulu’'' (''Lulu-Suite''), soprano and orchestra, premièred under Kleiber in 1934 *
Violin Concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
, composed 1935 * Vocal scores **
Franz Schreker Franz Schreker (originally ''Schrecker''; 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, teacher and administrator. Primarily a composer of operas, Schreker developed a style characterized by aesthetic plurality (a mixture ...
: ''
Der ferne Klang ''Der ferne Klang'' (''The Distant Sound'') is an opera by Franz Schreker, set to his own libretto. Begun in 1903, it was first performed by the Oper Frankfurt on 18 August 1912. It was the composer's breakthrough to fame, and was frequently pe ...
'' (1911) **
Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...
: ''
Gurre-Lieder ' is a large cantata for five vocal soloists, narrator, chorus and large orchestra, composed by Arnold Schoenberg, on poems by the Danish novelist Jens Peter Jacobsen (translated from Danish to German by ). The title means "songs of Gurre", refe ...
'' (1912) **
Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...
: ''Litanei'' and ''Entrückung'' from String Quartet no.2, 1912 * Arrangement for string quartet, piano, and harmonium **
Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ov ...
: ''
Wein, Weib und Gesang ''Wein, Weib und Gesang'' (''Wine, Woman, and Song''), Op. 333, is a Viennese waltz by Johann Strauss II. It is a choral waltz in its original form, although it is seldom heard in this version today. It was commissioned for the Vienna Men's Cho ...
'', 1921


See also

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List of compositions by Anton Webern This is a list of compositions by Anton Webern, the Austrian composer and conductor. Works with opus numbers The works with opus numbers are the ones that Webern saw fit to have published in his own lifetime, plus a few late works published af ...


References

{{Alban Berg Berg, Alban, Compositions by nl:Oeuvre van Alban Berg