One of the undisputed titans of modern music, Alban Berg (1885-1935) is credited with bringing opera into the 20th century with his groundbreaking masterpieces Wozzeck and Lulu. Along with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton von Webern, the other central figures of what came to be called the New Viennese School, Berg helped to revolutionize music through the development of atonal and twelve-tone composition. More than his colleagues, however, Berg retained...