Canon
Where to start with Berg
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralViolin Concerto
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StageLulu — Opera
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ChamberLyric Suite, for string quartet
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Keyboard12 Variations in C
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Vocal3 Bruchstücke from 'Wozzeck', for soprano and orchestra
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Orchestral3 Pieces for Orchestra, op. 6
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OrchestralPassacaglia
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ChamberString Quartet, op. 3
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StageWozzeck, op. 7 — Opera
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Keyboard14 Variations for Piano in F minor
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Chamber4 Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op. 5
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Vocal4 Songs, op. 2
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Vocal7 Early Songs, for voice and piano
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ChamberAdagio in F major, for string quartet
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VocalAltenberg Lieder, for voice and orchestra, op. 4
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Berg's catalogueMost Popular
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Violin Concerto
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Wozzeckopera
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Lyric Suitestring quartet
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Piano Sonata, Op. 1
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Seven Early Songs
Most Acclaimed
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Wozzeckthe most emotionally devastating opera of the 20th century
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Violin Concertothe 12-tone row quotes Bach
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Luluunfinished opera
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Lyric Suite
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Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin, and 13 Winds
Most Weird
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Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5each under a minute — micro-expressionism
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Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6the March is crushing
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Luluthe serial technique encodes each character as their own pitch row
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Altenberg Lieder, Op. 4huge forces for tiny poems
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Der Weinconcert aria — nightclub music filtered through expressionism
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Works 59
- Orchestral
- ● Violin Concerto
- 3 Pieces for Orchestra, op. 6
- Passacaglia
- Lulu Suite
- Stage
- Lulu — Opera
- Wozzeck, op. 7 — Opera
- Chamber
- Lyric Suite, for string quartet
- String Quartet, op. 3
- 4 Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op. 5
- Adagio in F major, for string quartet
- Chamber Concerto, for piano, violin, and 13 wind instruments
- Fugue in C major, for string quartet
- Fugue on 2 subjects in C major, in the style of a continuo realization for 2 violins, 2 violas, cello and piano
- Minuet in C minor, for string quartet
- Minuet in D minor, for string quartet
- Sarabande in F major, for string quartet
- Theme and 5 Variations in E major, for violin and piano
- Variations on a Theme by Schumann in G major, for string quartet
- Variations on an original theme in D major, for string quartet
- Keyboard
- 12 Variations in C
- 14 Variations for Piano in F minor
- Impromptu in E
- Klavierstück in B minor
- Klavierstück in C minor
- Klavierstück in C sharp minor
- Minuet in F
- Piano Sonata in B minor, op. 1
- Theme and Variation in A
- Waltz in G
- Vocal
- 3 Bruchstücke from 'Wozzeck', for soprano and orchestra
- 4 Songs, op. 2
- 7 Early Songs, for voice and piano
- Altenberg Lieder, for voice and orchestra, op. 4
- Am Abend
- An Leukon
- Der Wein, concert aria for soprano and orchestra
- Die Flötenspielerin
- Die Näherin
- Er klagt, dass der Frühling so korz blüht
- Erster Verlust
- Ferne Lieder
- Fraue, du Süsse
- Grabschrift
- Herbstgefühl
- Hoffnung
- Ich will die Fluren meiden
- Im Morgengrauen
- Jugendlieder, Vol. 1
- Jugendlieder, Vol.2
- Lulu-Suite, 5 symphonic pieces from the opera for soprano and orchestra
- Mignon
- Regen
- Schliesse mir die Augen beide
- Sehnsucht no. 1
- Spaziergang
- Sternefall
- Traurigkeit
- Winter
- Über den Bergen