Webern, Anton von
Period: Early 20th Century
Born: Monday, December 3, 1883 in Vienna, Austria
Died: Saturday, September 15, 1945 in Mittersill, Germany
Nation of Origin: Austria
Major Works:
5 Stücke, Op. 10 (1911-1913)
Orchestral Variations (1940)
- Period 1
- 2 tonal works,14 atonal works - pointillism
- Five Orchestral Piece
- Period 2 - serial period
- String Trio (Op. 20, 1927)
- Symphony (Op. 21, 1930)
- Concerto for 9 Instruments (Op. 24, 1934)
- Variations (Op. 30, 1940)
Other Information:
Of Schoenberg's two major pupils, Berg is the romantic and Webern is the classicist.
General Bibliography:
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
Salzman, Eric, Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction, Pearson, October 2001, ISBN: 0130959413
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679
Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109
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