Anton Von Webern

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History of Western Music 2 (Chapter 8 The Second Viennese School) Flashcards on Anton Von Webern, created by mtempleton1 on 29/07/2013.
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Timeline 1988 - Born in Austria 1904 -1908 - Studied with Schoenberg 1906 - completed PhD in musicology at university of Vienna 1945 - dies
Additional notes extremely short works. Entire pieces only a few minutes and movements sometimes less than a minute. Less Romantic than Schoenberg and Berg. Doesn't subject theme to development, links cells together using a melody of changing tone color. Greatest influence on a number of post WWII composers.
Important Works Passacaglia op. 1 Five pieces for orchestra Symphony op. 28 Piano Variations op. 27 Cantata no. 2
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