Alban Berg

Master of the Smallest Link

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by Theodor Adorno,

Translated by C. Hailey and J. Brand

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published November 1994, pages, paper

ISBN 0521338840

Adorno's study of Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935). In addition to Adorno's personal account of of the life and musical works of his mentor, friend, and composition teacher, the book explores the historical and cultural significance of Berg's music, its relationship to that of other nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers, and to the larger issues of contemporary life.