Who wrote Wozzeck?

Who wrote Wozzeck?

• A. Wagner
• B. Berg
• C. Puccini
• D. Verdi

Answer: (B)

Alban Berg wrote Wozzeck. He was part of the Second Viennese School and set Georg Büchner’s play Woyzeck as an opera, starting work around 1917 and completing it in 1922; it premiered in 1925. The score is a landmark of early 20th‑century modernism, using atonal music and tightly motif‑based textures to express the psychology and social pressures of the protagonist. This modern, expressionist approach distinguishes it from works by Wagner, Puccini, and Verdi, which belong to the Romantic tradition with different musical languages.

Alban Berg wrote Wozzeck. He was part of the Second Viennese School and set Georg Büchner’s play Woyzeck as an opera, starting work around 1917 and completing it in 1922; it premiered in 1925. The score is a landmark of early 20th‑century modernism, using atonal music and tightly motif‑based textures to express the psychology and social pressures of the protagonist. This modern, expressionist approach distinguishes it from works by Wagner, Puccini, and Verdi, which belong to the Romantic tradition with different musical languages.