Webern, Anton

Webern, Anton von

Period: Early 20th Century

Born: Monday, December 3, 1883 in Vienna, Austria

Died: Saturday, September 15, 1945 in Mittersill, Germany

Nation of Origin: Austria

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Major Works:
5 Stücke, Op. 10 (1911-1913)
Orchestral Variations (1940)


Other Information:
Of Schoenberg's two major pupils, Berg is the romantic and Webern is the classicist.

General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257

Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186


Links to essays at other sites:


Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman

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Biographical essay at the Karadar site
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Biographical essay at the Naxos site
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