Violin Concerto

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Violin Concerto is a 1935 composition by Alban Berg that blends twelve-tone technique with lyrical, late-Romantic expression and is widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s most important violin concertos.

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Violin Concerto (Alban Berg) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral composition
violin concerto
associatedWith Second Viennese School NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber Woz 56
commemorates Manon Gropius NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Louis Krasner NERFINISHED
composer Alban Berg NERFINISHED
composerNationality Austrian
compositionPlace Austria NERFINISHED
compositionYear 1935
dedicatedTo Louis Krasner NERFINISHED
Manon Gropius NERFINISHED
duration approximately 25 minutes
firstRecordingYear 1936
genre concerto
influencedBy Romantic harmony
atonality
instrumentation orchestra
solo violin
keyCharacteristic strong programmatic and memorial character
tone row constructed to allow triads and tonal references
languageOfTitle English
movementCount 2
notableFeature blend of twelve-tone technique with tonal and lyrical elements
use of chorale Es ist genug by Johann Sebastian Bach
originalLanguageTitle German
originalTitle Violinkonzert
period Modernism in music
premiereConductor Hermann Scherchen NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Spain NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1936-04-19
premiereLocation Barcelona NERFINISHED
premiereSoloist Louis Krasner NERFINISHED
publisher Universal Edition NERFINISHED
quotesComposer Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED
quotesWork Es ist genug NERFINISHED
regardedAs one of the most important violin concertos of the 20th century
structure two movements
style Expressionism
late-Romantic expression
subtitle Dem Andenken eines Engels
subtitleTranslation To the Memory of an Angel
title Violin Concerto NERFINISHED
usesTechnique twelve-tone technique
workNumberInComposerOutput last completed orchestral work by Alban Berg
yearOfDeathOfPersonCommemorated 1935

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Alban Berg notableWork Violin Concerto
Manon Gropius inspiredWork Violin Concerto
this entity surface form: Violin Concerto (Alban Berg)