Violin Concerto (Berg)
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Alban Berg's Violin Concerto was written in 1935. It is probably Berg's best-known and most frequently performed piece. In it, Berg sought to reconcile diatonicism and dodecaphony. The work was commis
Sketch of the composer by Emil Stumpp
Diatonic and chromatic
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Diatonic and chromatic are terms in music theory that are used to characterize scales. The terms are also applied to musical instruments, intervals, chords, notes, musical styles, and kinds of harmony
Violin Concerto (Berg)
…Alban Berg's Violin Concerto was written in 1935. It is probably Berg's best-known and most frequently performed piece. In it, Berg sought to reconcile diatonicism and dodecaphony. The work was commissioned by violinist Louis Krasner, and dedicated by Berg to "the memory of an angel". It was the last work he…
Diatonic Pixiphone, a brand of glockenspiel
Chromatic Pixiphone
Chromatic (rear) and diatonic harmonicas