Originally scored as a string sextet, it is based on a poem by Richard Dehmel.
The violin represents the moonlight, while the woman's speech is rendered on the violin and the man's on the cello. Set in a cold grove, it depicts the woman's confession that she is bearing another man's child and his response that they will raise it together. Originally scored as a string sextet, it is based on a poem by Richard Dehmel. FTP, what is this pioneering atonal work, the opus 4 of Arnold Schoenberg?
The violin represents the moonlight, while the woman's speech is rendered on the violin and the man's on the cello.
Verklarte Nachte or Transfigured Night