18851935 · Austrian

Berg, Alban

The most humanly accessible of the Second Viennese School, whose opera Wozzeck, Violin Concerto and Lyric Suite combine serialism with intense emotional power.

Piano Sonata (1)

Op.1
Piano Sonata in B minorB minor1907–08

Song Cycle (2)

Op.2
4 Songs1909–10
ES
Seven Early Songs1905–08

String Quartet (2)

Op.3
String Quartet1910
LS
Lyric Suite (string quartet)1925–26

Chamber Music (2)

Op.5
4 Pieces for Clarinet and Piano1913
KK
Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and Winds1923–25

Orchestral Work (10)

Op.6
3 Orchestral Pieces1913–15
LS-Orch
Lyric Suite (3 movements for string orchestra)1929
KlavierstckinBminor
Klavierstück in B minor
KlavierstckinCminor
Klavierstück in C minor
KlavierstckinCsharpminor
Klavierstück in C-sharp minor
KlavierstckinFminor
Klavierstück in F minor
KleinerWalzerinGmajor
Kleiner Walzer in G major
ThemaundVariationinAminor
Thema und Variation in A minor
ThemaundVariationinFminor
Thema und Variation in F minor
Op. 12VariationenbereineigenesThema
12 Variationen über ein eigenes Thema

Opera (2)

Op.7
Wozzeck (opera)1914–22
Lulu
Lulu (opera, compl. Cerha)1929–35

Aria (1)

DW
Der Wein (concert aria)1929

Violin Concerto (1)

VC
Violin Concerto1935

Orchestral Song (1)

Op.4
Five Orchestral Songs (Altenberg Lieder)1912

Orchestral Suite (1)

LS-Suite
Lulu Suite (Symphonic Pieces from Lulu)1934

Song (2)

SMdAB
Schliesse mir die Augen beide (Two Settings)1907/1925
Jugendlieder
Jugendlieder

Piano Piece (2)

ImpromptuinEmajor
Impromptu in E major
MenuetinFmajor
Menuet in F major