Anton Webern

AUTONS LIFE

• He was born on 1883
• Died in 1945 (ending of WWII)
• He loved nature and was a keen gardener
• He died by being shot by an army cook
• Fought in WWI

MUSIC ACHIEVMENTS

• He worked mainly with the 12-tone sequence
• 1904: He started private studies under Arnold Schoenberg and became his keen supporter.
• 1906: He completed his doctoral thesis by working on Heinrich Isaac’s ‘Choralis Constantinus’.
• 1917-1918: He worked as a conductor at Deutsches Theater in Prague.
• String Quartet op. 28 http://youtu.be/dlpYYhJFXEM

STUDIES

• He was under Arnold Schoenburgs teachings
• 1888 – First piano lessons with his mother.
• 1894 – The Webern family move to Klagenfurt where he attends gymnastics
• 1895 – Webern begins his first music lessons.
• 1899 – Webern writes his first compositions.

CONNETIONS TO OP 21

• The first connection was Amelia Airheart become first girld to fly across atlanic
• Next the first colored TV was broadcasted in Londan
• Next the Solviet Union Spartacan games begin
• Sixteen die in a NY subway accident
• First televised tennis match