Background
Berger, Wilhelm Georg was born on December 4, 1929 in Rupea, Brasov.
Berger, Wilhelm Georg was born on December 4, 1929 in Rupea, Brasov.
Student in Violin, Bucharest Conservatoire.
Twenty-four symphonies, numerous concertos for solo instruments (violin, viola, cello, clarinet), lieder, chamber music (twenty-four quartets, sonatas, etc.). Member Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra, 1948—1958, Composers' Union Quartet, 1953—1957. Secretary Romanian Composers' Union, 1968—1990. Professor Academy Music Bucharest, 1991—1993.
Composer 24 symphonies, concerts for several instruments and orchestras, chamber music including 21 string quartets, sonatas. Author: Ghid pentru muzica instrumentala de camera (Guidebook for instrumental chamber music), 1965, Quartetul de coarde de la Haydn la Debussy (The string quartet from Haydn to Debussy), 1970, Studies: Moduri si proportii. Structuri sonore si aspectele lor armonice (Modes and proportions.Sonorous structures and their harmonic aspects), Model Dimensions, 1979, Muzica simfonica (Baroque-Classical 1967, Romantic 1972, Modern 1974, Contemporary 1976), The Aesthetic of Classical Sonata, 1981, The Aesthetic of Romantic Sonata, 1982, The Aesthetic of the Modern Sonata, 1983, The Aesthetic of Baroque Sonata, The Aesthetic of the Contemporary Sonata, 1985, A General Aesthetic of the Sonata, 1987, The Classicism from Bach to Beethoven, 1990, Mozart: Culture and Style, 1991.
Member of International Music Council Romania (president 1991-1993), Romanian Academy (correspondent).