Inspired by Richard Dehmel's poem “Verklärte Nacht” (Transfigured Night), this 1899 work for string sextet is very much in the late-Romantic tradition. Schoenberg deftly translates the poem’s pathos into a monumental work of chamber music. The work is reproduced here from an... read more
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Inspired by Richard Dehmel's poem “Verklärte Nacht” (Transfigured Night), this 1899 work for string sextet is very much in the late-Romantic tradition. Schoenberg deftly translates the poem’s pathos into a monumental work of chamber music. The work is reproduced here from an authoritative edition, complete with bar-numbered movements for easy reference. Ideal for study in the classroom, at home, or in the concert hall, this affordable miniature-score edition includes the original poem and a translation.
Unabridged republication of the edition originally published by Verlag-Dreililien, Berlin-Lichterfelde (n.d.).
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