Three Pieces for Orchestra (Berg)
Appearance
Drei Orchesterstücke 'Three Pieces for Orchestra | |
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by Alban Berg | |
Catalogue | Op. 6 |
Composed | 1913 | –15
Dedication | Arnold Schoenberg |
Published | 1929 | (revised)
Alban Berg composed his Three Pieces for Orchestra (German – Drei Orchesterstücke), Op. 6, between 1913 and 1915.[1] They are dedicated "to my teacher and friend Arnold Schoenberg in immeasurable gratitude and love". A revised version of the score was published in 1929 by Universal Edition.[2]
Structure
The three pieces are:
- Präludium (Prelude)
- An instrumentally colourful, impressionistic prelude. After a murmuring introduction, an evocative, wide-ranging theme is stated by bassoons and violins, and then fully developed.
- Reigen (Round Dance)
- Replete with both waltz music and Ländler music, this piece demonstrates an inherent eclecticism that, as in many of Berg's works, permitted a synthesis of old and new, classical and popular, often infused with grotesquerie.
- Marsch (March)
- A sizable and highly imaginative march, notable for its element of chaos and its extremes of orchestration. Berg is said to have declared: "There had to come a day when we could hear how a chord of eight tones really sounds in the brasses!".[3]
Instrumentation
The work is scored for:[2]
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Notes
- ^ Douglas, p.64
- ^ a b "Alban Berg – 3 Orchesterstücke". Universal Edition. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ Ramey, Phillip (1986). Three Orchestral Pieces, Opus 6 (CD liner). Alban Berg. CBS Masterworks. MK39741.
References
- Lee, Douglas. "Masterworks of 20th Century Music", Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-93847-3, ISBN 978-0-415-93847-1
- Steinberg, Michael. Program Notes for Berg, 3 Pieces for Orchestra. accessed 2009-01-15
- Mark DeVoto. Program Notes for Berg, Three Pieces for Orchestra. accessed February 12, 2010
- Huscher, Philip. Program Notes for Alban Berg, Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6. accessed 7 August 2014.