Arnold Schönberg
13.09.1874—13.07.1951

Future Performances

Pelleas und Melisande
17.02.2012, Essen (D)
Pelleas und Melisande
25.02.2012, Tokyo (J)
Pelleas und Melisande
26.02.2012, Kanagawa (J)
Pelleas und Melisande
12.04.2012, Strasbourg (F)
Pelleas und Melisande
08.05.2012, Wien (A)

News

  • Arnold Schönberg
    Pelleas and Melisande in three versions
    Pelleas and Melisande in three versions
    Apart from Arnold Schönberg’s original orchestration of Pelleas and Melisande, UE also publishes [...]
  • Arnold Schönberg
    Arnold Schönberg recognised by UNESCO
    Arnold Schönberg recognised by UNESCO
    We are proud to announce that the documents left by Arnold Schönberg, including manuscripts of his [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    Wolfgang Rihm on Schönberg’s Variations Op. 31
    Wolfgang Rihm on Schönberg’s Variations Op. 31
    In the new issue of our new newsletter Musikblätter, Wolfgang Rihm talks about Schönberg’s Varia [...]
  • New York City Opera Monodrama
    US Stage Première of Feldman’s Neither
    US Stage Première of Feldman’s Neither
    New York City Opera presents the US professional stage première of Morton Feldman’s inimitable mo [...]
  • Arnold Schönberg
    New version of Schönberg’s 6 Orchestral Songs
    New version of Schönberg’s 6 Orchestral Songs
    The new version by Klaus Simon of the songs 3, 4 and 6 completes the cycle and expands the Schönber [...]
  • UE26292
    Arnold Schönberg
    Arnold Schönberg
    An insight into Schönberg's creativity as an artist! [...]
  • Grammys
    UE at the GRAMMYS 2011
    UE at the GRAMMYS 2011
    The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday, 13 Feb, 2011. Among the nomi [...]
 

Arnold Schönberg
Pelleas und Melisande | op. 5 | for orchestra

Work Details
Opus: op. 5
Year of composition: 1902-1903
Subtitle: Symphonische Dichtung (nach Maeterlinck)
Scored for: for orchestra
Composer: Arnold Schönberg
Instrumentation: 4 4 5 4 - 8 4 5 1 - timp(2), perc(3), hp(2 od. 4), str(16 16 12 12 8)
Instrumentation details: piccolo; 1. flute; 2. flute; 3. flute (+picc.); 1. oboe; 2. oboe; 3. oboe (+c.a.); cor anglais; clarinet in Eb; 1. clarinet in A; 2. clarinet in A; 3. clarinet in A (+2. bass cl(Bb)); bass clarinet in A (+bass cl.(Bb)); 1. bassoon; 2. bassoon; 3. bassoon; contrabassoon; 1. horn in F; 2. horn in F; 3. horn in F; 4. horn in F; 5. horn in F; 6. horn in F; 7. horn in F; 8. horn in F; 1. trumpet in F (+tpt in E); 2. trumpet in F (+tpt in E); 3. trumpet in F (+tpt in E); 4. trumpet in F (+tpt in E); altotrombone; 1. tenor bass trombone; 2. tenor bass trombone; 3. tenor bass trombone; 4. tenor bass trombone; contrabass tuba; 1.2. timpani; perc; 1. harp; 2. harp; I/II. harp; III/Iv. harp; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 45
Hire information:
    Please check your input!
    • (deliveryaddress if different)

    Advice: Bold fields are required.

    Request material on perusal

    Request performance material
Licensing: Licensing Request
World Première
Location: Musikverein Wien / Austria
Date: 25.01.1905
Conductor: Arnold Schönberg
Work Introduction

Arnold Schönberg wrote Pelleas and Melisande in 1902 after Strauss had recommended to him Maurice Maeterlinck’s five-act drama with its sequence of mood and scene paintings heavily laden with symbolism.

The post-Romantic musical gestures of the large-scale orchestra are never “purely [...]

Edition(s) available in our shop:

5 Ensembles that have played this work: