The early tonal works of each composer are quite distinct - Schoenberg has
an obsession with contrapunctal devices, Webern with short motivs and Berg
- easily the best Tonal composer of the three - with a melodic structure
based on short motes moving to longer suspensions.  When the two younger
composers studied under Scheonberg, their styles became, for a while,
very similar to their teacher Arnold Schoenberg, but their individual
personalities rapidly reasserted themselves.  Webern deciding to move to
a focus on particular musical processes, and Berg towards a lyrical and
operatic style.

Stirling S Newberry
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