Re: ACF Nationals

• From: rsbhan <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:52:54 -0000
• Message-ID: <aa4vl6+l9l1_at_...>

Yeah, dude.  You're wrong as hell.

R. Bhan
2nd Best "Transfigured Night" Player on the Circuit
Gunning for 1st

15. Composed while its creator was on vacation with Alexander von 
Zemlinsky, the music of this work was later used for the ballet 
Pillar of Fire.  Opening with a slow, atmospheric introduction 
depicting a walk through the darkness of a grove, its two major 
sections depict a woman's confession of sin and the forgiveness
by 
her lover.  A sextet scored for two violins, two violas, and two 
cellos, it was arranged for orchestra in 1917, 18 years after its 
initial composition.  Inspired by a poem of Richard Dehmel, FTP, 
identify this early work by Arnold Schoenberg.

	Answer: Transfigured Night or Verklärte Nacht


--- In quizbowl_at_y..., lone1c <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> --- In quizbowl_at_y..., "stipenn" <stipenn_at_y...> wrote:
> > --- In quizbowl_at_y..., lieutkije <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> > > As a music nut, I was surprised once again by the paucity of 
> > > questions about solo works, chamber music, and songs, with 
> > > the only obvious exception being Transfigured Night (Verklarte 
> > > Nacht). 
> > 
> > And perhaps not even that: did the question even mention its 
original 
> > scoring for string sextet (correct me, Ahmed, if I'm wrong :) and 
> > soprano?  
> > 
> > --STI
> 
> You are, in fact, mistaken. :)
> 
> Verklärte Nacht was originally scored for double string trio
(i.e.,
> two violins, two violas, and two cellos), but no soprano. The 
soprano
> solo you're thinking of belongs to the String Quartet No. 2. [Yes,
> it's a string quartet, and it comes with a soprano solo. Deal. :) ]
> 
> --AEI