Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist Anton Webern was born on this day in 1883. A key figure of the Second Viennese School, Webern’s music is celebrated for its concise structures, delicate textures, and intense emotional depth. In the first televised Young People’s Concert with the New York Philharmonic, “What Does Music Mean?” (1958), Leonard Bernstein introduced audiences to Webern’s world, featuring an excerpt from his Six Pieces. Bernstein described Webern’s work as music “so spec