9 thoughts on “ Schoenberg Verklaerte Nacht (Conclusion) ”

1. The first of these works, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde (premiered in ), is widely known and its significance well recognised; the second is Arnold Schoenberg’s string sextet Verklärte Nacht, written years ago at the same time as Elgar (that most Germanic of English composers) was completing his distinctly un-revolutionary Enigma.

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2. Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured night], op. 4 () (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos) (inspired by text “Weib und Welt” by Richard Dehmel).

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3. Arnold Schoenberg was only 24 years old when he wrote his string sextet Verklärte Nacht in , based on Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name. Schoenberg later arranged two versions for string orchestra. At the time it was written, the composer was inspired stylistically by both Johannes Brahms and Richard Wagner.

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4. Schoenberg’s tone poem, Verklärte Nacht (), integrated elements from Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Brahms, and Wagner, uniting German traditions and the New German School. Verklärte Nacht reveals Baroque and Romantic contrapuntal.

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5. Info for Schoenberg: Violin Concerto - Verklärte Nacht. Almost 40 years separate Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) from the Violin Concerto – the former still influenced by the idiom of Brahms and Wagner, the latter deriving from the richness of that later period when Schoenberg managed to combine a multiplicity of approaches within his twelve-note system.

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6. Jul 27,  · Inside Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht Hannah Nepil Wednesday, July 27, Hannah Nepil talks to members of the Belcea Quartet about Schoenberg’s masterpiece. Arnold Schoenberg (Tully Potter Collection) Here I am sandwiched between a violinist, a viola player and a baby, discussing Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht. The violinist – Corina.

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7. Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4, (English: “Transfigured Night”) string sextet for two violins, two violas, and two cellos by Austrian-born American composer Arnold Schoenberg that dates to , before he adopted the tone method of composition that became his signature. It is a highly romantic piece and, as such, is easily the composer’s most-performed piece.

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8. It is with great pleasure that we present our spontaneously created Summer Concert Series at the Arnold Schönberg Center. On every Tuesday in July and August, we cordially invite you to our one-hour live concerts, free of charge!

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9. Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht is a chamber symphonic poem for string sextet originally composed in It predates Schoenberg’s dodecaphonic serial technique, for which he is more commonly known, but already in this early work we see significant chromaticism which explores the limits of western tonality.

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