An Analysis Of Alban Berg's Violin Concerto

Alban Berg was an senior Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern. They all produced compositions by using Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique, which brought a great shock to the traditional romantic tone music. From the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, although influenced by"the end century"idea, Alban Berg didn't completely abandoned the traditional music elements as Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern did, in the meanwhile, he used the twelve pitches techniques to penetrate into his own emotional expression. Afterwards, he combined different types of music, forming a new model, and became successful in inclusive style, using the twelve pitches to mix with the traditional music integration technique. People began to admire him, and the Alban Berg style was formed finally, of which Alban Berg's Violin Concerto was considered as the best example combined the late 19th and early 20th century music and traditional music. Based on the multiple perspectives, this paper analyzes Alban Berg's Violin Concerto comprehensively by exploring society, history and music ontology, including the social background, creation era to his unique writing style, the free and bold use of his twelve pitches technology, and even humanistic feelings for the fully manifests of his works, all of which make his works classic. Undoubtedly, any music work which is strictly written in accordance with the sequence of music must be intoned, however Alban Berg often broke the bondage of tonality in sequence in composing techniques, skills, making certain harmony mixed with the tonal music sounds lasting appeal. What's more, considering his lyrical style of music and emotional expression, in fact, many listeners prefer Alban Berg's music than Arnold Schoenberg's and Anton Webern's.