Arnold Schönberg
13.09.1874—13.07.1951

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Arnold Schönberg
Pierrot lunaire | op. 21 | for speaker and 5 instrumentalists

Work Details
Opus: op. 21
Year of composition: 1912
Subtitle: Dreimal 7 Gedichte
Scored for: for speaker and 5 instrumentalists
Composer: Arnold Schönberg
Text Source: "Pierrot lunaire"
Text Author: Albert Giraud
Translator: Otto Erich Hartleben
Soloinstruments/Soloists: speaker
Instrumentation details: flute (+picc); clarinet in A (+cl(Bb); bass cl(Bb)); piano; violin (+vla); violoncello
Table of Contents: Mondestrunken; Columbine; Der Dandy; Eine blasse Wäscherin; Valse de Chopin; Madonna; Der kranke Mond; Nacht; Gebet an Pierrot; Raub; Rote Messe; Galgenlied; Enthauptung; Die Kreuze; Heimweh; Gemeinheit; Parodie; Der Mondfleck; Serenade; Heimfahrt (Barcarole); O alter Duft
Duration (min): 40
Dedication: Der ersten Interpretin Frau Albertine Zehme in herzlicher Freundschaft
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Work Introduction

“Read the preface, looked at the poems, am delighted. Brilliant idea, just my kind of thing,” noted Arnold Schönberg in his diary, after hearing of the actress Albertine Zehme’s plans to set Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds Pierrot lunaire to music. Originally, Zehme had been [...]

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