We had a thread on this in April 2000. See the 36 messages at:

 [The thread actually started at the end of the month before.  Here's
 the first article in the thread with the title "Op. 1":

   http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0003&L=classical&D=0&F=P&P=103547&F=

 -Dave]

Webern's Passacaglia gets broadcast and performed enough in Britain
to count as 'main repertoire' here.  Like Berg's sonata, it was a
'graduation piece' coming at the end of his studies with Schoenberg.

Virginia Knight
[log in to unmask]