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Anton Webern 

Biography


Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945) was an Austrian composer and conductor. He was a member of the Second Viennese School. As a student and significant follower of Arnold Schoenberg, he became one of the best-known proponents of the twelve-tone technique; in addition, his innovations regarding schematic organization of pitch, rhythm and dynamics were formative in the musical technique later known as total serialism. Biography Webern was born in Vienna, Austria, as Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern. He never used his middle names and dropped the von in 1918 as directed by the Austrian government's reforms after World War I. After spending much of his youth in Graz and Klagenfurt, Webern attended Vienna University from 1902. There he studied musicology with Guido Adler, writing his thesis on the Choralis Constantinus of Heinrich Isaac. This interest in early music

Discography

Schubert: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 4; Webern: Variations for Orchestra / Zender


Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Schubert:


Webern: Im Sommerwind; Orchestral Pieces; Variations


Webern: Passacaglia, Symphony, Five Pieces


Webern: Complete Works for String Quartet


Cristobal Halffter: Chamber Works


Anne-Sophie Mutter: Recital 2000


Webern: In Sommerwind; Passacaglia Op.1; Orchestral Pieces Op. 6 & 10; Symphony


Shostakovich: String Quartet No 8 Op110; Webern: Langsamer Satz


Garrick Ohlsson: Prokofiev; Bartók; Webern; Barber


Karol Szymanowski: String Quartets; Webern: Langsamer Satz


Bruckner: Symphony No. 9/Bach: Ricercare



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