Alban Berg's Compositions and history in music

1. Alban Berg
By:
Cruz Gudino Garcia
Alban Berg
By:
Cruz Gudino Garcia

2. Who washe?
 Alban Maria Johannes Berg or known more as Alban
Berg, was a Austrian composer that wrote many
Romanticism pieces in the late 19th- Century.
 He was born in Vienna, Austria on February 9th, 1885
and dies on December 24, 1935.
 Self- taught composer until he began studying with
Schoenberg in 1904

3. Compositions
 Composed orchestral music which included 5
orchestral songs, chamber music, songs, and two
groundbreaking operas
 LULU (1928-1935) and WOZZECK (1914-1923)

4. First
Performance
 In fall of 1907, Alban Berg performed Piano Sonata
which was later published in 1908 and String Quartet
which was later published in 1910
 Both were strongly influenced by young composer’s
musical gods

5. LULU
 Composed between 1928-1935
 First performed in 1937
 Made out of three acts, however Berg died before
completing the third and final act
 This opera was usually performed incomplete and yet
it became a very successful Opera
 This opera tells the story of a mysterious woman
known as Lulu, who follows a downward spiral from a
well-kept mistress in Vienna to a street prostitute in
London
 Explored the idea of a Feminine fatale and the duality
between her feminine and masculine qualities

6. WOZZECK
 Composed between 1914-1923
 First performed in 1925
 Composed of three acts with five scenes each
 Depicted the everyday lives of soldiers and
townspeople in a rural German-speaking town
 Caused much controversy because its central character
is an anti-hero, productions across Europe over the
next five years, before the Nazi regime banished it
from German opera houses, established its reputation

7. Pressonlinks
 LULU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5GoAnCaq9U
 WOZZECK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8WeX8MrThU

8. Impacton
Music
 Berg’s music combined Romantic and Expressionist
elements
 Some Critics claimed that his music was dangerous to
the community as it went against some beliefs which
only made Berg argue more for his work

9. Important
pieces
 Alban Berg’s most important pieces were the Operas
LULU and WOZZECK