InspiredbyRichardDehmel’spoem“Verkl瓣rteNacht“(“TransfiguredNight“),this1899workforstringsextetisverymuchinthelate-Romantictradition.Schoenbergdeftlytranslatesthepoem’spathosintoamonumentalworkofchambermusic.Theworkisreproducedherefromanauthoritativeedition,completewithbar-numberedmovementsforeasyreference.Idealforstudyintheclassroom,athome,orintheconcerthall,thisaffordableminiature-scoreeditionincludestheoriginalpoemandatranslation.