Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6

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Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 is a seminal early 20th-century orchestral work by Alban Berg that showcases his transition into the atonal, expressionist style associated with the Second Viennese School.

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instanceOf concert work
orchestral composition
alsoKnownAs Drei Orchesterstücke NERFINISHED
approximateCompositionYears 1913–1915
associatedMovement musical modernism
associatedWith Second Viennese School NERFINISHED
catalogueStatus one of Alban Berg’s best-known orchestral works
composer Alban Berg NERFINISHED
compositionPeriod early 20th century
countryOfOrigin Austria
dedicatedTo Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED
genre expressionist music
orchestral music
historicalSignificance seminal early 20th-century orchestral work
influencedBy Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED
Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
key atonal (no fixed key)
language none (instrumental)
marksTransitionTo atonal style
expressionist style
movement Marsch
Präludium
Reigen NERFINISHED
movementNumber 1
2
3
movementTitle1 Präludium
movementTitle2 Reigen NERFINISHED
movementTitle3 Marsch
numberOfMovements 3
opusNumber Op. 6
orchestration large orchestra
partOf 20th-century orchestral canon
placeInRepertoire standard 20th-century orchestral repertoire
premiereConductor Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED
premiereLocation Vienna NERFINISHED
premiereYear 1915
publisher Universal Edition NERFINISHED
relatedComposer Anton Webern NERFINISHED
Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED
Gustav Mahler NERFINISHED
relatedSchool Second Viennese School NERFINISHED
significanceInComposerOutput major early orchestral work by Alban Berg
style atonal
typicalDuration about 20 minutes
uses complex orchestral textures
expanded percussion
workTitleInGerman Drei Orchesterstücke, op. 6 NERFINISHED

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Alban Berg notableWork Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6