Webern was arguably the first and certainly the last of the three to write music in a style that was both expressionist and aphoristic, reflecting his instincts and the idiosyncrasy of his compositional process. He treated themes of loss, love, nature, and spirituality, working from his experiences. Unhappily peripatetic and typically assigned to conduct light music or operetta in the early part of his career, he aspired to conduct what was seen as more respectable, serious music at home in Vienna. Following Schoenberg's guidance, Webern attempted to write music of greater length during and after World War I, relying partly on the structural support of texts in many .
webern was arguably the first and certainly the last of the three to write music in a style that was both expressionist and aphoristic reflecting his instincts and the idiosyncrasy of his compositional process he treated themes of loss love nature and spirituality working from his experiences unhappily peripatetic and typically assigned to conduct light music or operetta in the early part of his career he aspired to conduct what was seen as more respectable serious music at home in vienna following schoenberg's guidance webern attempted to write music of greater length during and after world war i relying partly on the structural support of texts in many 