The composer described this work as blending the "developing variation" technique and "imparity of measures" of Brahms and the "model and sequence" of Wagner in his essay, "My Evolution.
The composer described this work as blending the "developing variation" technique and "imparity of measures" of Brahms and the "model and sequence" of Wagner in his essay, "My Evolution." When it was first presented, the presence of an unconventional chord in its 42nd measure prompted one critic to compare it to a bastardized version of the score from Tristan and Isolde. Divided into five sections, including an Apotheosis and a Love Duet, it transitions from a D minor setting in a "cold, barren grove" to a warm D major scene where "two people walk through the vast, shining night." Richard Dehmel's poem about a woman who finds love despite carrying another man's child provided the setting for, FTP, what string sextet about an impassioned evening, composed by Arnold Schoenberg?
The composer described this work as blending the "developing variation" technique and "imparity of measures" of Brahms and the "model and sequence" of Wagner in his essay, "My Evolution.
{Transfigured Night} or {Verklaerte Nacht}