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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Official concerts included pieces by Anton Webern and Arnold Schoenberg and world premieres of works by Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2023

Evidence exists of a setting of Bach’s “O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort” by Webern from 1906, at the prompting of his teacher Arnold Schoenberg.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

Botstein and James Bagwell will conduct the players in the Orchestra Now, Bard’s pre-professional ensemble that last year delivered stirring performances of Webern and Morton Feldman at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2020

Kerman’s Beethoven string quartet class turned out to be a last-minute substitution for a seminar on Webern.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2020

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