Anton Webern

Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945) was a composer of classical music and a member of the so called Second Viennese School. He was born Anton Friedrich Ernst von Webern but never used his middle names, and dropped the von in 1918.

List of works

Works with opus numbers

The works with opus numbers are the ones that Webern saw fit to have published in his own lifetime, plus a few late works published after his death. They constitute the main body of his work, although several pieces of juvenalia and a few mature pieces that do not have opus numbers are occasionally performed today.

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• Passacaglia, for orchestra, opus 1 (1908)
• Entflieht auf Leichten Kähnen, for a cappella choir on a text by Stefan George, opus 2 (1908)
• Five Lieder on Der Siebente Ring, for voice and piano, opus 3 (1907-08)
• Five Lieder after Stefan George, for voice and piano, opus 4 (1908-09)
• Five Movements for string quartet, opus 5 (1909)
• Six Pieces for large orchestra, opus 6 (1909-10, revised 1928)
• Four Pieces for violin and piano, opus 7 (1910)
• Two Lieder, on texts by Rainer Maria Rilke, for voice and piano, opus 8 (1910)
• Six Bagatelles for string quartet, opus 9 (1913)
• Five Pieces for orchestra, opus 10 (1911-13)
• Three Little Pieces for cello and piano, opus 11, (1914)
• Four Lieder, for voice and piano, opus 12 (1915-17)
• Four Lieder, for voice and piano, opus 13 (1914-18)
• Six Lieder for voice, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin and cello, opus 14 (1917-21)
• Five Sacred Songs, for voice and small ensemble, opus 15 (1917-22)
• Five Canons on Latin texts, for high soprano, clarinet and bass clarinet, opus 16 (1923-24)
• Three Traditional Rhymes, for voice, violin (doubling viola), clarinet and bass clarinet, opus 17 (1924)
• Three Lieder, for voice, E flat clarinet and guitar, opus 18 (1925)
• Two Lieder, for mixed choir, celesta, guitar, violin, clarinet and bass clarinet, opus 19 (1926)
• String Trio, opus 20 (1927)
• Symphony, opus 21 (1928)
• Quartet for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone and piano, opus 22 (1930)
• Three Songs on Hildegard Jone's Viae inviae, for voice and piano, opus 23 (1934)
• Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, violin, viola and piano, opus 24 (1934)
• Three Lieder on texts by Hildegard Jone, for voice and piano, opus 25 (1934-35)
• Das Augenlicht, for mixed choir and orchestra, on a text by Hildegard Jone, opus 26 (1935)
• Variations, for solo piano, opus 27 (1936) - of the opening bars (ogg format, 19 seconds, 85 KB)
• String Quartet, opus 28 (1937-38) - the tone row of this piece is based around the BACH motif
• Cantata No. 1, for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, opus 29 (1938-39)
• Variations, for orchestra, opus 30 (1940)
• Cantata No. 2, for soprano, bass, choir and orchestra, opus 31 (1941-43)