MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Aria, Tritone, Arnold Schoenberg
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Suffered a physical breakdown while serving as a junior officer in wwi. Much of his music is personal and linked to people in his life. Friends included alma mahler and alter gropius (her 2nd husband); berg"s final work he violin concerto, commemorates the life of the gropius"s daughter after her death at the age of 18. Died in 1935 due to complications from an insect bite. Berg"s music has attained relatively popular appeal through its post-romantic expressivity, formal clarity, and personal nature. Berg was friends with the satirist karl kraus, who helped rediscover georg buchner (1813-1837), a playwright who attacked the oppression of the underclass. The play was first transcribed from the manuscript in 1870 and first staged in. Berg attended the first viennese performance of woyzeck in may 19134 was moved by the play"s depiction of the title figure, its stark realism, and its social commentary.
