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Alban Berg

Alban Berg appears once in our Modernism list, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

Ranked entries
1
Appears on
Modernism
Year
1922
Highest placing
No. 5 in Modernism
Updated
2026-08-30

Appears on

  1. Wozzeck

    1922

    Ranked No. 5 in Modernism

    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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