Pierrot Lunaire

American  

[pee-uh-roh loo-nair, pye-roh ly-ner] / ˌpi əˈroʊ luˈnɛər, pyɛ roʊ lüˈnɛr /

noun

1. a cycle of 21 songs (1912) for voice and instruments, by Arnold Schönberg, written in Sprechgesang style and set to poems of Albert Giraud in German translation.

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Example Sentences

Sukowa already had a second career, touring the world’s concert halls delivering the spoken, or Sprechstimme, sections of, for example, Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2020

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

It was on that visit to Berlin that I first met Schönberg, who invited me to an audition of his Pierrot Lunaire.

From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor