Austrian composer and conductor (died 1945)

Anton Webern

Anton Webern was an Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist whose modernist music was among the most radical of its milieu in its lyrical, poetic concision and use of then novel atonal and twelve-tone techniques. His approach was typically rigorous, inspired by his studies of the Franco-Flemish School under Guido Adler and by Arnold Schoenberg's emphasis on structure in teaching composition from the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, the First Viennese School, and Johannes Brahms. Webern, Schoenberg, and their colleague Alban Berg were at the core of what became known as the Second Viennese School.

Born

1883

December 3

Died

1945

Era

1880s

Country

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About

Anton, in brief

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Key dates

1883 Born
1945 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

915 Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).
1775 American Revolution: USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the "Stars and Stripes"); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
1799 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.
1800 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.

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The world in 1945

When Anton departed

april 1 World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
april 11 World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
april 12 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him.
april 12 World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1883

John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 English economist and philosopher (born 1883) Alexander Neill 1883– Scottish educator (died 1973) Archibald Wavell 1883–1950 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (born 1883) Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 Italian journalist, fascist dictator and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1883) Constance Georgina Adams 1883– South African botanist (died 1968) Enoch L. Johnson 1883–1968 American mob boss (born 1883) Franz Kafka 1883–1924 Czech-Austrian author (died 1924) Ikki Kita 1883– Japanese philosopher and author (died 1937) Ivan Meštrović 1883–1962 Croatian sculptor and architect (died 1962)

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