Anton Webern: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern
Born December 3, 1883 • Vienna • Austria
Died September 15, 1945 (aged 61) • Austria
Notable Works “Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen” • “Kinderstück” • “Passacaglia” • “Six Pieces for Orchestra”
Movement / Style Modernism

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Painting by Elias Gottlieb Hausmann of Johann Sebastian Bach wearing a dark coat with a white shirt and holding a sheet of music in his left hand.
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Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side.
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