Commissioned by American performer Louis Krasner, its variations on a Bach chorale are structured according to lengths of 10, 23, and 28 beats.
This work quotes a Carinthian folk song, which may be a reference to its composer's affair with Marie "Mizzi" Schuehl. Commissioned by American performer Louis Krasner, its variations on a Bach chorale are structured according to lengths of 10, 23, and 28 beats. Dedicated "to the memory of an angel" and depicting the personality, illness, and death of Manon Gropius, for ten points, name this last completed work by Alban Berg.
This work quotes a Carinthian folk song, which may be a reference to its composer's affair with Marie "Mizzi" Schuehl.
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra or Violin Concerto  (be sure Alban Berg is mentioned on early buzz)