Music Group 2021-05-06 Arnold Schönberg

         Verkälrte Nacht, Op. 4, for string sextet (composed 1899)

• I recommend that you listen to the entire performance, 30 minutes. A tonal work, inspired by the poem by the same name of Richard Demel.
• Wikipedia describes the poem thusly:

  Dehmel's poem (from 1896) describes a man and woman walking through a dark forest on a moonlit night. The woman shares a dark secret with her new lover: she bears the child of another man. The stages of Dehmel's poem are reflected throughout the composition, beginning with the sadness of the woman's confession, a neutral interlude wherein the man reflects upon the confession, and a finale reflecting the man's bright acceptance (and forgiveness) of the woman: "O sieh, wie klar das Weltall schimmert! Es ist ein Glanz um alles her" (See how brightly the universe gleams! There is a radiance on everything).

• Listen through at least 01:40.
• This work is atonal.
• It employs sprechstimme, an expressionist vocal technique between speaking and singing, but mostly speaking.
• If you want to read more about the work, see the Wikipedia article. (entirely optional)

• Listen to the entire video (8 minutes 50 seconds).
• The Suite is the first twelve-tone work.
• If you want to read more about the work, see the Wikipedia article. (entirely optional)

• Listen at least through 01:45 to get the flavor.
• The String Trio is a twelve-tone work.