Alban Berg
09.02.1885—24.12.1935

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Alban Berg
Violinkonzert | for violin and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1935
Scored for: for violin and orchestra
Composer: Alban Berg
Edited by: Douglas Jarman
Soloinstruments/Soloists: violin
Instrumentation: 2 2 3 3 - 4 2 2 1 - timp, perc(2), hp, alto sax, str
Instrumentation details: 1. flute (+picc.); 2. flute (+picc.); 1. oboe; 2. oboe (+c.a.); alto saxophone in Eb (+3. cl.(Bb)); 1. clarinet in B; 2. clarinet in A; bass clarinet in B; 1. bassoon; 2. bassoon; contrabassoon; 1. horn in F; 2. horn in F; 3. horn in F; 4. horn in F; 1. trumpet in C; 2. trumpet in C; 1. (tenor-)trombone; 2. (bass-)trombone; contrabass tuba; timpani; perc (2); harp; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Commissioned by: Auf Bitte des amerikanischen Violinisten Louis Krasner
Remarks: In Memory of an Angel - for Manon Gropius, daughter of Alma Mahler and Walter Gropius, dying of polio in 1935
Dedication: Für Louis Krasner
Dem Andenken eines Engels
Geschrieben in Memoriam Manon Gropius´, Tochter von Alma Mahler und Walter Gropius, die am 22. April 1935 an Kinderlähmung starb.
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