Anton Webern

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anton Webern
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Dec 3, 1883(1883-12-03)
Age	141
Date Of Death	1945-09-15
Birthplace	Vienna
Country	Austria
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Anton Webern Biography

Anton Webern is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on December 3, 1883 in Vienna, Austria. Conductor and composer of The Second Vienna School. He was famous for his harmonically and tonally creative compositions and works.

He was a pupil from the composer He was a student of composer Arnold Schoenberg and an enthusiastic follower of Schoenberg’s twelve-tone compositional technique. and an avid fan of Schoenberg’s compositional technique.

The man was born in Vienna to the father of a civil servant and a music teacher mother. He was married to Wilhelmine Mortl. The family had 4 children.

Anton Webern Net Worth

Anton Webern is one of the richest Composer from Austria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anton Webern 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The studies in musicology he completed in Vienna University were with the famous Guido Adler. His dissertation was about the work of Heinrich Isaac’s Choralis Constantinus.

The man was shot dead at the hands of the American army soldier in his time in the Allied Powers’ World War II control of Austria.

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Who is Anton Webern Dating?

According to our records, Anton Webern married to Wilhelmine Mörtl. As of December 1, 2023, Anton Webern’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Anton Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Austria. Anton Webern celebrates birthday on December 3 of every year.

Top Facts about Anton Webern

1. Anton Webern was an Austrian composer and conductor.
2. He was born in 1883 and died in 1945.
3. Webern was a member of the Second Viennese School.
4. His music is known for its atonality and serialism.
5. Webern’s compositions are characterized by brevity and precision.
6. He studied with Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg.
7. Webern’s works include orchestral, chamber, vocal, and choral pieces.
8. He wrote several important treatises on music theory.
9. Webern’s career was cut short by his death during World War II.
10. His legacy has influenced many composers of the 20th century.

What is Anton Webern known for?

Webern is best known for breaking with tonality and for creating serial composition. His innovations were formative in the musical technique which later became known as total serialism. He was born Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern in Vienna on December 3, 1883.

Why is Anton Webern important?

Always professing his ties with tradition, Webern was a foremost exponent of the genre of the German Lied. He also was a skillful arranger; notable among his orchestrations of classic works is the Ricercata (1935) from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (1747).

What is Anton Webern style?

Anton Webern, with Alban Berg, was a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg in Vienna. These three composers, who make up the “Second Viennese School”, helped progress the style of atonality and then 12-note music or serialism music. Webern’s music is often very brief and features thin textures.

What kind of music did Anton Webern make?

What did Webern compose? Apart from a few orchestral works Webern mainly composed vocal and instrumental chamber music. He did not write any operas and wrote only one symphony. He was predominantly a vocal composer, writing numerous songs for solo voice and piano or other instrumental accompaniment.

What composer was deaf?

Beethoven first noticed difficulties with his hearing decades earlier, sometime in 1798, when he was about 28. By the time he was 44 or 45, he was totally deaf and unable to converse unless he passed written notes back and forth to his colleagues, visitors and friends.