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| | Alban Berg |
 | | The early sonata sketches eventually culminated in Berg's Piano Sonata Op.1 (1907–8); while considered to be his "graduating composition", is one of the most formidable Op. |
 | | In 1906, Berg met Helene Nahowski, singer and daughter of a wealthy family, and despite the outward hostility of her family, married on May 3, 1911. |
 | | The opera, which Berg completed in 1922, was not performed in its entireity until December 14, 1925, when Erich Kleiber directed a performance in Berlin. |
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