Anton Webern

Anton Webern

Composer

1883–1945. Austrian composer in the Second Viennese School tradition.

Core figure of twelve-tone and serial music, with an austere, compressed atonal language.

Signature works: Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10, Six Bagatelles for String Quartet Op. 9, Symphony Op. 21, Variations for Orchestra Op. 30, Concerto for Nine Instruments Op. 24.