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... By contrast, this program’s featured work, Pierrot Lunaire does not work if transcribed because the specific instrumentation is an integral part of it. ... In this concert, the pairing of Debussy’s violin sonata with Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire is an interesting one. Debussy entitled his cello sonata, (written proximally to the violin sonata) “Pierrot fâché avec la lune” (Pierrot angry at the moon). Interestingly, Debussy’s Pierrot-inspired work was actually written only several years after Schoenberg’s but the two styles seem to have little in common. ... Although Schoenberg is more often associated with tonality (or lack thereof), color was of supreme importance to him, especially in Pierrot Lunaire (see Schoenberg notes). Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951): Pierrot Lunaire, Op. ... Color is the most important aspect of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. ... Schoenberg wrote the above quotation to his publisher when asked to arrange Pierrot Lunaire for voice and piano. ... Pierrot Lunaire is historical for the first occurrence of Sprechstimme. ... 9, in the phrase “Pierrot mein Lachen” (Pierrot my laughter). ... Pierrot Lunaire (moonstruck Pierre) refers to the mute buffoon from the Commedia dell’arte. ... In the book Schoenberg and Words, Richard Kurth brings up many other aspects: “A long chain of transcriptions, translations, transpositions, substitutions and other re-presentations connects the miming Pierrot to Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire” When the work premiered in 1912, it was surprisingly well received, given its revolutionary nature. ... Albertine Zehme, the actress who commissioned the work appeared in the costume of Pierrot, yet the poems speak of Pierrot rather than as Pierrot—perhaps another level of miming. Described as “an allegory of the art and the mind”, the subjects of the melodrama span a vast array of human emotions, with the masked Pierrot potentially representing anyone. ... Pierrot with waxen complexion Stands deep in thought: What makeup for today? ... Prayer to Pierrot Pierrot! ... Pierrot! ... O give me back-- Horse-doctor to the soul, Snowman of Lyric, Your Lunar Highness, Pierrot! ... Nighttimes, with his drinking buddies, Pierrot climbs down-to steal Princely red rubies, Bloody drops of ancient glory. ... Red mass At the gruesome Eucharist, In golden glitter, In flickering candlelight, To the altar comes-Pierrot! ... Pierrot wanders about restlessly And stares aloft in deadly fear At the moon, a shining scimitar On a black silk cushion. ... Homesickness Sweetly lamenting-a crystalline sigh Out of the old Italian pantomime, It resonates in our time: Whys Pierrot become So wooden, so sentimental modern? ... Then Pierrot forgets the mask of tragedy! ... Into the gleaming pate of Cassander, Whos crying bloody murder, Pierrot drills with a disingenuous air, Gently, with a trepan [skull-borer]! ... Shes waiting in the arbor; She loves Pierrot to distraction, Knitting needles gleaming and flashing In her gray hair. ... Moonfleck A white fleck of bright moon On the back of his black coat, Pierrot sets off one balmy evening, To seek his fortune. ... Serenade With a grotesquely outsized bow Pierrot scrapes on his viola. ... Suddenly heres Cassander-raging At the nighttime virtuoso- With a grotesquely outsized bow Pierrot scrapes on his viola. ... Homeward journey Moonbeam is the rudder, Waterlily serves as boat: Thus Pierrot fares southward On a fair following wind. ... To Bergamo, to Homeland, Pierrot now wends his way; Faintly in the east Glows the green horizon. ... Pierrot mit wächsernem Antlitz Steht sinnend und denkt: wie er heute sich schminkt? ... Gebet an Pierrot Pierrot! ... Pierrot! ... O gib mir wieder, Roßarzt der Seele, Schneemann der Lyrik, Durchlaucht vom Monde, Pierrot – mein Lachen! ... Nachts, mit seinen Zechkumpanen, Steigt Pierrot hinab, zu rauben Rote, fürstliche Rubine, Blutge Tropfen alten Ruhmes. ... Rote Messe Zu grausem Abendmahle Beim Blendeglanz des Goldes, Beim Flackerschein der Kerzen, Naht dem Altar – Pierrot! ... Pierrot irrt ohne Rast umher Und starrt empor in Todesängsten Zum Mond, dem blanken Türkenschwert Auf einem schwarzen Seidenkissen. ... Heimweh Lieblich klagend – ein krystallnes Seufzen Aus Italiens alter Pantomime, Klingt‘s herüber: wie Pierrot so hölzern, So modern sentimental geworden. ... Da vergißt Pierrot die Trauermienen! ... Gemeinheit In den blanken Kopf Cassanders, Dessen Schrein die Luft durchzetert, Bohrt Pierrot mit Heuchlermienen Zärtlich – einen Schädelbohrer. ... Sie wartet in der Laube, Sie liebt Pierrot mit Schmerzen, Stricknadeln, blank und blinkend, In ihrem grauen Haar. ... Der Mondfleck Einen weißen Fleck des hellen Mondes Auf dem Rücken seines schwarzen Rockes, So spaziert Pierrot im lauen Abend, Aufzusuchen Glück und Abenteuer. ... Serenade Mit groteskem Riesenbogen Kratzt Pierrot auf seiner Bratsche. ... Mit groteskem Riesenbogen Kratzt Pierrot auf seiner Bratsche. ... Heimfahrt Der Mondstrahl ist das Ruder, Seerose dient als Boot, Drauf fährt Pierrot gen Süden Mit gutem Reisewind. ... Nach Bergamo, zur Heimat, Kehrt nun Pierrot zurück; Schwach dämmert schon im Osten Der grüne Horizont. |
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