Berg (b?rg, b?rk), Alban 1885-1935. Austrian composer. A pupil of Arnold Schoenberg, he applied atonal methods to classical forms in works such as the opera Wozzeck (1925).American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.