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
Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire," a very belated CSO premiere, also figures prominently in Boulez's two-week residency in February and March.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 14, 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 Igor Stravinsky
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