Anton Webern (composer)

Anton Webern was an Austrian composer and conductor, known for being a pivotal figure in the early 20th-century music movement called Second Viennese School, which also included Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg. His music is characterized by its brevity, clarity, and innovative use of atonality, where traditional tonal centers are abandoned. Webern often employed serialism, a technique that organizes pitch in systematic ways. Despite his limited output — only a few dozen works — his influence on modern music is profound, shaping developments in composition and inspiring many contemporary composers with his unique style and approach.