Alban Berg
Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Bergwas an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with twelve-tone technique...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth9 February 1885
CountryAustria
Alban Berg quotes about
spiritual mad joy
I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into these three movements, the adherents of programme music - should there be any left - would go mad with joy.
reflection feelings perception
Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection.
music independence proud
I am proud that [I was] , , , enabled to guide this great talent . . . towards the superb fulfillment of its individual potentialities, towards the greatest independence.
feelings composer music-is
Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge.