Pierrot Lunaire
Americannoun
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It was first used by Arnold Schoenberg in 1912, when he set 21 poems by Albert Giraud to music as Pierrot Lunaire.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2019
The "Bocklin" pieces were written in 1913, the revolutionary year of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" and Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire."
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2014
Night owls can swing by Untitled, which begins at 10 that night, and has a bill of Schnyder's Bass Trombone Concerto "subZERO," Widmann's String Quartet No. 3 and Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire."
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2013
Take, for example, the Beyond the Score exploration of that iconic modernist masterpiece, Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire," to be narrated and hosted by CSO creative director Gerard McBurney and conducted by Pierre Boulez.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 16, 2011
I confess I did not understand at one hearing the curious dislocated harmonies and splintered themes—melodies they are not—in the Pierrot Lunaire.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
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