http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61135&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rssAs a student of Schoenberg, Austrian composer Alban Berg was one of the most important atonal composers to emerge in the first half of the 20th century. He was born in Vienna in February 1885, and began composition lessons with Schoenberg in 1904. His earliest work, 1908's Piano Sonata and 1910's Four Songs, still have a basis in tonality, but by the time he produced his Five Songs for soprano in 1912, the orchestral setting displayed great interest in 12-note serialism. In May, 1914, Berg saw the Vienna premiere of Buchner's Woyzeck and decided to compose his own setting of the opera, which was finished in1922. With its omnivorous patchwork of simple cafe music and elaborate counterpoint, tonality and atonality, it premiered in Berlin in 1925, establishing Berg as a leading composer. Other significant works include his 1926 Lyric Suite for string quartet (whose long-secret programme relates Berg's romantic desires for Hanna Fuchs-Robettin) and his final opera, <i>Lulu</i>. Based on a huge dramatic and musically thematic palindrome, <i>Lulu</i> is a testament to the composer's alert formal expressionism, and was left unfinished at his death in 1935. - Nate Cavalieri20th/21st Centuryen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:10:40 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61135&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rss As a student of Schoenberg, Austrian composer Alban Berg was one of the most important atonal composers to emerge in the first half of the 20th century. He was born in Vienna in February 1885, and began composition lessons with Schoenberg in 1904. His earliest work, 1908's Piano Sonata and 1910's Four Songs, still have a basis in tonality, but by the time he produced his Five Songs for soprano in 1912, the orchestral setting displayed great interest in 12-note serialism. In May, 1914, Berg saw the Vienna premiere of Buchner's Woyzeck and decided to compose his own setting of the opera, which was finished in1922. With its omnivorous patchwork of simple cafe music and elaborate counterpoint, tonality and atonality, it premiered in Berlin in 1925, establishing Berg as a leading composer. Other significant works include his 1926 Lyric Suite for string quartet (whose long-secret programme relates Berg's romantic desires for Hanna Fuchs-Robettin) and his final opera, <i>Lulu</i>. Based on a huge dramatic and musically thematic palindrome, <i>Lulu</i> is a testament to the composer's alert formal expressionism, and was left unfinished at his death in 1935. - Nate Cavalieri http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.193451&variant=play&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rss 20th/21st Century Tue, 29 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800 Alban Berg Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.193451 alb.193451 Alban Berg art.61135 11.99 Wozzeck alb.193451 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/6/4/2/512463_170x170.jpg 2002-01-29 00:00:00.0 2002-01-29 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.193451&variant=play&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.193451&variant=data&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.183569&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rss 20th/21st Century Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Alban Berg Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.183569 alb.183569 Alban Berg art.61135 0.0 Wozzeck alb.183569 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/1/8/2/512819_170x170.jpg 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.183569&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.183569&variant=data&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.271402&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rss 20th/21st Century Tue, 1 Jan 1935 00:00:00 -0800 Alban Berg Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.271402 alb.271402 Alban Berg art.61135 0.0 Violin Concerto / Lyric Suite alb.271402 1935-01-01 00:00:00.0 1935-01-01 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.271402&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.271402&variant=data&rws=%2Falban-berg%2Fdiscography.rss