Passacaglia, Op. 1

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Passacaglia, Op. 1 is Anton Webern’s early orchestral masterpiece that bridges late-Romantic lushness with the emerging modernist style that would define his later work.

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instanceOf orchestral composition
passacaglia
associatedWith Second Viennese School NERFINISHED
belongsToComposerCatalogue Anton Webern works with opus numbers NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber Webern Op. 1 NERFINISHED
composer Anton Webern NERFINISHED
composerNationality Austrian
compositionDate 1908
dedicatedTo Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED
duration approximately 10 minutes
firstPerformanceDate 1909
form passacaglia
genre classical music
orchestral music
hasThematicMaterial ground bass
repeated bass line
hasTitleLanguage Italian
historicalContext early 20th-century Vienna
influencedBy Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
Johannes Brahms NERFINISHED
Richard Wagner NERFINISHED
inKeyFamily minor key
key D minor
language instrumental
movementCount 1
notableFor Webern’s first published work with opus number
bridging late-Romantic and modernist styles
opusNumber Op. 1
orchestration symphony orchestra
partOf early works of Anton Webern
period late Romantic
premiereLocation Vienna NERFINISHED
publisher Universal Edition NERFINISHED
relatedMovement Second Viennese School modernism NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByComposer Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 NERFINISHED
structure theme and variations
style early modernist
late-Romantic
title Passacaglia NERFINISHED
usesTechniques chromatic harmony
motivic development
orchestral coloristic effects
workNumbering 1

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Anton Webern notableWork Passacaglia, Op. 1