Berg is the most expressive and accessible of the group of composers who wrote using the discipline of 12-tone (serial) composition. Along with Schoenberg and Webern, he was the best-known of the ...

Second Viennese School is a term of convenience reflecting the didactic nature of the work Schoenberg undertook when developing his new theories and practices in music. Although it implies that ...

This year's theme was dedicated to the connection between Beethoven's work and the that of the Second Viennese School led by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg; three composers whose ...

As part of Radio 3's Breaking Free season, Tom Service considers how to listen to the Second Viennese School, which developed from early expressionist ventures into atonality. Show more Breaking ...