Lyric Suite

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Lyric Suite is a landmark 1920s string quartet by Alban Berg that blends twelve-tone techniques with intense late-Romantic expressiveness and a hidden programmatic love narrative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber music composition ⓘ
string quartet ⓘ
associatedWith Hanna Fuchs-Robettin ⓘ
catalogNumber Universal Edition UE score number (publisher catalog) ⓘ
composer Alban Berg ⓘ
compositionEndDate 1926 ⓘ
compositionStartDate 1925 ⓘ
containsCipher musical monogram ⓘ
numerological symbolism ⓘ
dedication to the memory of Alexander von Zemlinsky ⓘ
genre string quartet ⓘ
hasForm multi-movement cyclic work ⓘ
hasKeyMaterial secret tone row ⓘ
hasMovement Adagio appassionato ⓘ
Allegretto gioviale ⓘ
Allegro misterioso – Trio estatico ⓘ
Andante amoroso ⓘ
Largo desolato ⓘ
Presto delirando – Tenebroso ⓘ
hasProgram hidden love narrative ⓘ
hasVersion orchestral arrangement of three movements ⓘ
string orchestra version ⓘ
influencedBy Alexander von Zemlinsky ⓘ
Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ
languageOfText none ⓘ
movementCount 6 ⓘ
notableFor complex motivic and thematic unity ⓘ
expressive extremes of mood ⓘ
integration of twelve-tone method with Romantic lyricism ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
placeOfComposition Vienna ⓘ
premiereDate 1927 ⓘ
publisher Universal Edition ⓘ
scoredFor cello ⓘ
two violins ⓘ
viola ⓘ
style Second Viennese School ⓘ
usesTechnique atonality ⓘ
late-Romantic expressiveness ⓘ
twelve-tone technique ⓘ
yearOfWork 1920s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alban Berg → notableWork → Lyric Suite ⓘ
Lyric Suite → alsoKnownAs → Lyrische Suite (German) ⓘ
linked to: Lyric Suite
Alban Berg → notableWork → Lyric Suite ⓘ
subject linked to: Berg
Helene Nahowski → dedicateeOf → Lyric Suite (Alban Berg) ⓘ
linked to: Lyric Suite
Lyric Symphony → influenced → Lyric Suite ⓘ