Alban Berg's 'Wozzeck' is filled with memories of war. When the composer was sent off to fight with an Austrian regiment in 1915, work on the opera slowed, though its completion remained a constant obsession. The "snoring chorus" is just one allusion to Berg's experiences on the front line and, in a letter to his wife, he even described Wozzeck as partially based on himself.
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