Anton Webern

As a teacher of composition at the school of educational reformer Eugenie Schwarzwald, starting in the fall of 1904 Arnold Schönberg taught significant pupils such as Alban Berg and Anton Webern, who helped to shape the concept of a “Viennese School” of composition. “These are two quite extraordinary talents who are sure to forge ahead soon. I believe that specifically Webern has an entirely inspired talent. His originality, the pureness of his sound, and his entirely extraordinary sense of color are characteristics that you will only find in such intensity in somebody to whom the future belongs.” (Arnold Schönberg to Gerhard Tischer, 19 September 1911)