Anton Webern

I genuinely think Webern is one of the most misunderstood geniuses in all of Western music — people hear "twelve-tone" and brace for cold, academic noise, but his work is the opposite: it's almost painfully delicate, like music pared down to its very bones. A student of Schoenberg and close friend of Berg, he pushed serialism further than either of them, writing pieces that last under a minute yet feel complete, even devastating. The Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 is maybe four minutes of music total, and it hits harder than most hour-long symphonies. Tragically shot dead by an American soldier in the final chaos of World War II, he never saw how massively he'd influence the postwar avant-garde. Boulez, Stockhausen, Nono — they all owe him everything.

Name (English)

Anton Webern

Name (Japanese)

アントン・ヴェーベルン

Reading

あんとん・ゔぇーべるん

Born

December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Goat

Origin

Vienna, Austria

Occupation

classical composer / conductor / musician / composer / music arranger

University

University of Vienna

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.antonwebern.com
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3

Tags

• classical composer
• conductor
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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