Alban Berg (1885-1935) was one of the most important composers of the 20th century. His music is characterized by the use of complex harmonies, unusual vocal techniques (alliteration, vowel sounds that sound like consonants), and the use of music to express emotion or thought rather than action. He studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg, but his classical training was minimal. Berg's first opera Lulu was composed when he was 19 years old, and his other operas include Wozzeck (1921), Die Frau im Mond (1931), and Five Pieces for Orchestra (1925)
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Other important works include The Life of the Virgin Mary (1909-10), Mass (1916), four string quartets, two piano concertos, six piano sonatas, three string quartets, three symphonies, a violin concerto, a cello concerto, three suites for orchestra, a violin sonata for soloist and orchestra, a clarinet sonata for soloist and orchestra, two songs with piano accompaniment, a song cycle with orchestra, a violin sonata for soloist and piano accompaniment, a string sextet for string quartet with wind instruments and percussion instruments , a five-part song cycle for contralto with violin accompaniment , a song cycle for baritone with orchestra , two settings of poems from Schiller's dramatic play The Robbers , a song cycle with piano accompaniment , an orchestral suite from Das Dreimäderlhaus , songs from Schiller's Idylls from the Hills , songs from Goethe 's Faust Part I , songs from Goethe's Faust Part II , songs from Schiller's The Journey of the Magi , songs from Goethe 's The Sorrows of Young Werther
