December 12, 1912
The Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
“Dear Mr. Schönberg! | Yesterday I heard Transfigured Night, and I should consider it a sin of omission if I failed to say a word of thanks to you for your wonderful sextet. I had intended to follow the motives of my text in your composition; but I soon forgot to do so. I was so entralled by the music. […] With cordial greetings, | your Dehmel.”
Click here for the entire letter (from Blankenese to Zehlendorf)
Listen here to “Transfigured Night” conducted by Schönberg himself (recording from 1928, excerpt)