Alban Berg Critical Edition
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Edition and the Alban Berg Foundation have been working for over 40 years on
the editorship of the historical-critical Alban Berg Complete Edition. Rudolf Stephan was general editor until 2015, and since then Martin Eybl.
Aufsätze, Vorträge und andere Texte - edited by Kordula Knaus
Aufsätze, Vorträge und andere Texte - edited by Kordula Knaus
As a central protagonist of the Viennese School, Alban Berg
repeatedly expressed himself publicly in essays, introductions to
works, lectures, interviews, brochures or short texts. In his writing
about musical life, the Schönberg circle or his own works, he used
a wide range of stylistic means of expression: from music-mediating
analysis to polemical attacks. The comprehensive overview in this
scholarly-critical edition makes it clear how differentiated and critical
Berg was in dealing with the increasingly polarized musical discourses
of his time. Each text is accompanied by explanatory commentaries,
information on the history of its composition and detailed descriptions
of the sources.
It is sometimes not possible to clearly distinguish between the groups of works (especially between original and study works). The edition is arranged in such a way that all Berg's original works and all arrangements of his own works are published anew (or for the first time). The “arrangements” are independent versions of their own significance. The “study works” are also published, unless they are merely exercises.
The need to present Berg's artistic work in an external form appropriate to its significance has led to a historical-critical edition of all of Alban Berg's works. It is necessary to learn about the various stages in the development of the musical text and the reasons for the alterations. It is necessary to document the process of creation as precisely as possible and in accordance with the respective situation.
A historical-critical edition is based on all surviving sources. These sources, both handwritten and printed, are collected and made available for analysis. Sketches are also included in the source research.
There are little-known (or completely unknown) versions of some works, whether earlier versions or later adaptations. In addition to the original works and the composer's own arrangements, there are also study works that were primarily written for Arnold Schoenberg's lessons.
Berg's music-literary works, his writings, are of particular importance. These include musical analyses (mostly of Schoenberg's works), lectures, essays, dedications (sometimes in the form of poems) and interviews.
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It is sometimes not possible to clearly distinguish between the groups of works (especially between original and study works). The edition is arranged in such a way that all Berg's original works and all arrangements of his own works are published anew (or for the first time). The “arrangements” are independent versions of their own significance. The “study works” are also published, unless they are merely exercises.
The arrangement of the edition is systematic, the grouping within the volumes is also systematic and (subordinately) chronological. The distribution of the individual works in the various volumes also takes practical considerations into account.
The special nature of Berg's oeuvre suggests a division into three sections:
• I. Musical works - works that Berg himself published, or whose performance he either performed or at least wished to perform.
• II. Unpublished works - - youthful works and works written in class, which in a sense mark the conclusion of the composition course with Schönberg. This estate contains compositions that are primarily of developmental interest, above all the rich collection of "Jugendlieder".
• III. Musical Writings and Poetry -
Berg's music-writing oeuvre
This division into three sections is intended to emphasise the difference between the recognised musical works on the one hand and the documents of Berg's development as a composer on the other hand. The volumes of the first two sections appear in two series:
• Series A: Music volumes
• Series B: Source report, revision report, documents on the genesis, edition of the sketches and the discarded early versions
• Series A: Music volumes
• Series B: Source report, revision report, documents on the genesis, edition of the sketches and the discarded early versions
Alban Bergs works
Alban Berg
Instrumentalmusik 2 - Einzelne Stücke, Variationen, Sonatenentwürfe
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