Description
The genesis of Alban Berg's Violin Concerto in 1935 was shrouded in tragedy. Berg had just begun sketching the work when Manon Gropius, the daughter of his friends Walter Gropius and Alma Mahler, died of polio. Dedicating the concerto "To the memory of an angel" in her honor, Berg did not live to see the work printed or performed, as he passed away later that year.
Our new edition, featuring the violin part and piano reduction, follows the score edited by Michael Kube and published simultaneously by Breitkopf & Härtel alongside the orchestral parts and pocket score. Renowned violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann has provided fingerings and bowings for the violin part, making this edition the definitive version available worldwide.
