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  "name": "Alban Berg",
  "description": "Alban Berg appears once in our Modernism list, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
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      "title": "Wozzeck",
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      "label": null,
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      "whyItMatters": "Atonal opera about a soldier destroyed by poverty and humiliation, built on strict classical forms nobody in the audience can hear. Berg proved the new language could carry a story.",
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