Webern

American  

[vey-bern, vey-buhrn] / ˈveɪ bərn, ˈveɪ bərn /

noun

1. Anton von 1883–1945, Austrian composer.

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Webern British  

/ ˈveːbərn /

noun

1. Anton von (ˈantoːn fɔn). 1883–1945, Austrian composer; pupil of Schoenberg, whose twelve-tone technique he adopted. His works include those for chamber ensemble, such as Five Pieces for Orchestra (1911–13)

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Where the Webern was spare, the next piece, Strauss’s mystic “Death and Transfiguration,” was sumptuous, with Canellakis and the orchestra rendering phrases in richly hued colors and gentle curves.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

Each had come to hear a rare Anton Webern performance, but had no intention of staying for Rachmaninoff’s “Symphonic Dances.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

Mitropoulos never drew the loyalty from the Philharmonic that he had secured in Minneapolis; the players took advantage of his financial generosity or publicly threw their parts of a Webern work at his feet.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

“Composers such as Webern, Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen wrote little points distributed in time,” he writes.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2022

The corps of Generals von Webern and von Conte and the troops of General von Geyl, after a fierce battle, crossed the Crozat Canal.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. by Various