Seven Early Songs

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Seven Early Songs is a collection of early 20th-century art songs by Alban Berg that showcases his transition from late-Romantic lyricism toward the emerging language of musical modernism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song cycle ⓘ
vocal composition ⓘ
associatedWith Second Viennese School ⓘ
catalogueNumber without opus number (WoO) ⓘ
composer Alban Berg ⓘ
compositionEnd circa 1908 ⓘ
compositionStart circa 1905 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
firstPerformance orchestral version premiered 1928 in Vienna ⓘ
genre Lied ⓘ
art song ⓘ
hasPart Die Nachtigall ⓘ
Im Zimmer ⓘ
Liebesode ⓘ
Nacht ⓘ
Schilflied ⓘ
Sommertage ⓘ
Traumgekrönt ⓘ
influencedBy Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ
Gustav Mahler ⓘ
Richard Strauss ⓘ
keyCharacteristic transition from tonal late-Romantic idiom to atonal modernism ⓘ
language German ⓘ
lyricsLanguage German ⓘ
movement late Romantic music ⓘ
musical modernism ⓘ
numberOfParts 7 ⓘ
orchestrationDate 1928 ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Vienna ⓘ
publisher Universal Edition ⓘ
scoringDetail high voice and piano in original version ⓘ
soprano and orchestra in orchestral version ⓘ
style expressionism ⓘ
late-Romantic lyricism ⓘ
textBy Carl Hauptmann ⓘ
Johannes Schlaf ⓘ
Nikolaus Lenau ⓘ
Otto Erich Hartleben ⓘ
Paul Hohenberg ⓘ
Rainer Maria Rilke ⓘ
Theodor Storm ⓘ
vocalForces voice and orchestra ⓘ
voice and piano ⓘ

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