The fifth movement of one of this composer's works for string quartet begins with the upper three strings playing the following notes in unison: A-flat, F-natural, C-natural; then, D-natural, B-natural, F-sharp; that movement is marked "Presto delirando".
The fifth movement of one of this composer's works for string quartet begins with the upper three strings playing the following notes in unison: A-flat, F-natural, C-natural; then, D-natural, B-natural, F-sharp; that movement is marked "Presto delirando". He wrote a work for thirteen winds, violin, and piano that includes a palindromic second movement, his Chamber Concerto. His violin concerto, which was written for the death of Walter Gropius' daughter, is subtitled "To the memory of an angel." He wrote an opera in which the same singer plays The Professor, The Negro, and Jack the Ripper, and an opera in which the title character kills Marie for her affair with the Drum Major. For 10 points, name this Second Viennese School composer of the Lyric Suite and the operas Lulu and Wozzeck.
The fifth movement of one of this composer's works for string quartet begins with the upper three strings playing the following notes in unison: A-flat, F-natural, C-natural; then, D-natural, B-natural, F-sharp; that movement is marked "Presto delirando".
Alban [Maria Johannes] Berg