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Anton Webern

1883 - 1945

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Anton Webern (German: [ˈantoːn ˈveːbɐn] ; 3 December 1883 – 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist. His music was among the most radical of its milieu in its lyrical, poetic concision and use of then novel atonal and twelve-tone techniques. His approach was typically rigorous, inspired by his studies of the Franco-Flemish School under Guido Adler and by Arnold Schoenberg's emphasis on structure in teaching composition from the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, the First Viennese School, and Johannes Brahms. Webern, Schoenberg, and their colleague Alban Berg were at the core of what became known as the Second Viennese School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Webern is the 61st most popular composer (up from 67th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Austria (up from 57th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Composer.

Anton Webern is most famous for his use of twelve-tone serialism in his compositions.

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Among composers, Anton Webern ranks 61 out of 1,451. Before him are Aram Khachaturian, Carl Maria von Weber, Guillaume Du Fay, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Charles Gounod. After him are Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Henry Purcell, Dieterich Buxtehude, and Carl Orff.

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Among people born in 1883, Anton Webern ranks 7. Before him are Franz Kafka, Benito Mussolini, Khalil Gibran, Coco Chanel, John Maynard Keynes, and Karl Jaspers. After him are Walter Gropius, Victor Francis Hess, Nikos Kazantzakis, Jaroslav Hašek, Joseph Schumpeter, and Lev Kamenev. Among people deceased in 1945, Anton Webern ranks 10. Before him are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anne Frank, Heinrich Himmler, Eva Braun, Béla Bartók, and Martin Bormann. After him are Fedor von Bock, Walter Model, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Vidkun Quisling, Magda Goebbels, and Subhas Chandra Bose.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Anton Webern ranks 50 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Karl Landsteiner (1868), Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), Otto of Greece (1815), Friedrich Hayek (1899), and Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415). After him are Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833), Otto von Habsburg (1912), Pope Gregory V (972), Wolfgang Pauli (1900), Alois Hitler (1837), and Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Anton Webern ranks 8. Before him are Joseph Haydn (1732), Franz Schubert (1797), Johann Strauss II (1825), Johann Strauss I (1804), Anton Bruckner (1824), and Arnold Schoenberg (1874). After him are Alban Berg (1885), Carl Czerny (1791), Alma Mahler (1879), Josef Strauss (1827), Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), and Eduard Strauss (1835).

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