page_title: Kammerkonzert (Berg)
section_title: I. Thema scherzoso con variazioni
hierarchical_section_title: Kammerkonzert (Berg) / Structure / I. Thema scherzoso con variazioni
caption_attribution_description: English: Chamber Concerto opening clearly displays the Second Viennese School "initials" themes. ArnolD SCHönBErG - (A-D-E&#x266d;-C-B-B&#x266d;-E-G) Anton wEBErn - (A-E-B&#x266d;-E) AlBAn BErG - (A-B&#x266d;-A-B&#x266d;-E-G)
context_page_description: The Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern is a piece of chamber music composed by Austrian composer Alban Berg. It was composed between 1923 and 1925. The short score was completed on 9 February 1925; the full score was finished on 23 July 1925. The work was premiered on 19 March 1927.
context_section_description: The first movement involves mainly the piano and the 13 wind instruments (with a brief appearance by the solo violin). For the theme of the movement, Berg uses German notation to musically spell out the names of himself and his two friends and fellow members of the Second Viennese School:
  ArnolD SCHönBErG → A-D-E♭-C-B-B♭-E-G
  Anton wEBErn → A-E-B♭-E
  AlBAn BErG → A-B♭-A-B♭-E-G
  The work was composed for Arnold Schönberg's 50th birthday, and it is his "name" that Berg creates a 12-note row out of, prefixing it by the 'missing' notes of the chromatic scale.  This theme is then treated to five variations, using the common manipulations of twelve-tone technique:
  Var. 1 - Prime
  Var. 2 - Retrograde
  Var. 3 - Inversion
  Var. 4 - Retrograde inversion
  Var. 5 - Prime
caption: The Chamber Concerto opening[2] (About this soundPlay (help·info)) clearly displays the Second Viennese School "initials" themes.
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