Quotes by Alban Berg

About Alban Berg:

Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.
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I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into these three movements, the adherents of programme music - should there be any left - would go mad wit...

Alban Berg

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection.

Alban Berg

Author Bio

  • NameAlban Berg
  • DescriptionAustrian composer
  • BornFebruary 9, 1885
  • DiedDecember 24, 1935
  • CountryAustria
  • ProfessionComposer
  • WorksThree Pieces For Orchestra