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Biographical Note: Alban Berg
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1885 February 9 | Born in Vienna, Austria |
| circa 1901-1902 | In a romantic relationship with Maria Scheuchl, a maid at the family's estate in Carinthia |
| 1902 December 4 | Scheuchl gave birth to his daughter Albine |
| 1901-1904 | Composed more than 80 songs, which were his first compositions |
| 1904-1911 | Studied composition and music theory with Arnold Schoenberg |
| 1910 May 3 | Married Helene Nahowski |
| 1911 | Moved to Berlin |
| 1911-1915 | Taught private lessons and worked as a composer and arranger for Universal Edition in Vienna |
| 1912 | Composed the song collection Fünf Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg |
| 1913 March 31 | Riot occured at the premiere of Altenberg Lieder, conducted by Arnold Schoenberg, in reaction to the work's experimental style |
| 1914 May 5 | Attended first performance of Georg Büchner’s play Woyzeck in Vienna |
| 1915-1918 | Served in the Austrian Army and the War Ministry |
| 1921-1921 | Performance director, Verein für Musikalische Privataufführungen (Society for Private Musical Performances) |
| 1922 April | Completed the opera Wozzeck |
| 1923-1925 | Composed Kammerkonzert, his first instrumental programmatic work |
| 1925 | Wrote his first 12-tone composition, Schliesse mir die Augen Beide, a song setting of Theodor Storm's poem of the same title |
| 1925 December 14 | The Berlin State Opera premiered Wozzeck under the direction of Erick Kleiber |
| 1927 January | The Kolisch Quartet premiered Lyrische Suite at the Baden-Baden Festival |
| 1928-1934 | Composed short score for the opera Lulu, based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist (1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (1904) |
| 1934 | Orchestrated parts of Luluinto the concert suite Symphonische Stücke aus 'Lulu' |
| 1934 November 30 | The Berlin State Opera premiered Symphonische Stücke aus 'Lulu' under the direction of Erick Kleiber |
| 1935 | Composed Violinkonzert |
| 1935 December 24 | Died from sepsis in Vienna, leaving the third act of Lulu unorchestrated |
| 1937 | The Zürich Opera posthumously premiered the first two acts of Lulu |
| 1979 February 24 | Friedrich Cerha finished orchestrating an ending for Act 3 of Lulu, and the Paris Opera premiered the work in its entirety |