Verklärte Nacht

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Verklärte Nacht is a late-Romantic string sextet (often performed in string orchestra version) by Arnold Schoenberg, renowned for its rich chromaticism and programmatic inspiration from Richard Dehmel’s poem of the same name.

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instanceOf chamber music composition
late-Romantic composition
string sextet
tone poem
basedOn poem "Verklärte Nacht"
basedOnWorkAuthor Richard Dehmel
catalogueStatus frequently performed
standard repertoire for string sextet
cityAssociatedWith Vienna
composer Arnold Schoenberg
compositionYear 1899
countryOfOrigin Austria
dedicatedTo Alma Mahler
surface form: Mathilde Zemlinsky
duration approximately 25–30 minutes
genre programmatic music
hasArrangement string orchestra version
hasVersion string orchestra arrangement by Arnold Schoenberg
string orchestra arrangement by others
historicalSignificance bridge between late Romanticism and early modernism
one of Schoenberg's earliest important works
influencedBy Johannes Brahms
Richard Wagner
late-Romantic chromaticism
inspiredBy symbolist poetry
inTonality pre-atonal
key D minor
languageOfProgram German
movementForm continuous through-composed form
notableFeature advanced tonality
continuous single-movement structure
rich chromatic harmony
opusNumber Op. 4
originalInstrumentation string sextet
originalInstrumentationDetail two cellos
two violas
two violins
placeOfPremiere Vienna
poetOfSource Richard Dehmel
premiereReception controversial
premiereYear 1902
programmaticSourceGenre lyric narrative poem
structure one movement
stylePeriod Late Romantic
subjectMatter confession of pregnancy
forgiveness and transfiguration
nighttime forest walk
titleLanguage German
translationOfTitle Transfigured Night

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Arnold Schoenberg notableWork Verklärte Nacht