We have been collaborating on video projections for a performance of arnold schonbergs musical work of the same name. Flute, keyboards, vocals, and acoustic guitars are the primary set of sounds. The film originated as a theatrical production of pierrot lunaire, which labruce. Arnold schoenbergs pierrot lunaire 1912 is regarded by many as the first masterpiece of his illustrious career. Pierrot, with waxen countenance, is a bizarre and nervous figure, enticed into a counterworld of hopeless passions and nighttime phantasms. Igor stravinsky pierrot lunaire pierrot lunaire is a musical work by arnold schoenberg that sets german translations of poems by albert giraud to music. Pierrot a poet and dandy from bergamo, is moondrunk, and intends to present his beloved columbine with blossoms of moonlight. Italian folky progressive trio from the 1970s who made two very different albums. So the film could star wallace shawn as the neurotic, short, bald protagonist. The whole piece is split into three sections, with. Still, over the course of their two albums, this band draw from a broad set of influences as diverse as faust, pfm and debussy for. He daubs his face with moonlight, and the moon washes clothes made of moonbeams. Choose from 84 different sets of pierrot lunaire flashcards on quizlet. Say pierrot, and any musician will instantly know youre talking about arnold schoenbergs opus 21, three times seven poems from albert girauds pierrot lunaire.
This complete performance of pierrot lunaire comprised the second half of the csos schoenberg beyond the score production. Pierrot lunaire gudrun 1997, card cover, cd discogs. Arnold schoenberg yes, more information schoenberg has a subtle way of creating unity in the course of the song he indicates the connecting device in the subtitle of the piece. Its instrumentation flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano with standard doublings and in this case with the addition of a vocalist is an important ensemble in 20th and 21stcentury classical music and is referred to as a pierrot ensemble. Learn pierrot lunaire with free interactive flashcards. The album is a lowkey, pastoral, folk influenced progressive rock.
Motivic transformations and networks in schoenbergs. Arnold schoenbergs pierrot lunaire marks century the. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at best visual art database. Pierrot lunaire is a canadiangerman film, which premiered at the 2014 berlin film festival written and directed by bruce labruce as an adaptation of arnold schoenbergs pierrot lunaire, the film adds a transgender interpretation to the work, starring susanne sachsse as a trans man pierrot. However, it is in the public domain in canada where imslp is hosted and other countries where the term is lifeplus50 years such as china, japan, korea and many others. Passacaglia an old term, stemming from the baroque period, describes a variation form. Arnold schoenbergs pierrot lunaire marks century the forward. Written and directed by bruce labruce as an adaptation of arnold schoenberg s pierrot lunaire, the film adds a transgender interpretation to the work, starring susanne sachsse as a trans man pierrot. Pierrot lunaire brought back the long, dormant musical form of the melodrama, and spoke directly to a german nation on the verge of world war i. Oct 05, 2012 arnold schonberg placed his famous melodrama cycle pierrot lunaire from 1912 in the extreme danger zone of postromantic composition. Pierrot 17 th century, bergamo stage character from the commedia dellarte. With that backdrop, pierrot lunaire s debut is a bit of a shock to the system. The way the story is told and the music schoenberg composed to tell it have become one of the most significant works in. Comes in mini lp card cover with booklet containing lyrics, linernotes, etc.
Pierrot lunaire 1974 pierrot lunaire 09 sotto i ponti by italia progressiva. When the girl introduces her boyfriend to her father he becomes skeptical and unmasks the fraud. Pierrot lunaire by pierrot lunaire album, progressive folk. Pierrot lunaire is a music studio album recording by pierrot lunaire prog folkprogressive rock released in 1974 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Pierrot lunaire in our series on building a classical library, andrew clements selects the definitive recording of schoenberg fri 17 sep 1999 12. With adriaan adriaanse, marian batavier, loraine miller, jose teunissen. Pierrot lunaire pierrot lunaire 1987, vinyl discogs. The second album gudrun featured female singer jacqueline darby, with two original members now making much more. One life excerpt christing schafer, soprano as pierrot ensemble intercontemporain pierre boulez, conductor a film by oliver herrmann 1999 addeddate 20060203 16. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Pierrot lunaire biography an original mix of soft progressive and avantgarde atmospheres is the distinctive sound of pierrot lunaire, highly regarded among foreign collectors though not particularly representative.
Pierrot lunaire is a canadian german film, which premiered at the 2014 berlin film festival. Pierrot lunaire 1974 pierrot lunaire 08 il re dei raipure by italia progressiva. Legacy as a standard ensemble the quintet of instruments used in pierrot lunaire became the core ensemble for the fires of london, who formed in 1965 as the pierrot players to perform pierrot lunaire, and continued to concertize with a varied. Refer to the reference list for the most indepth published accounts of pierrot lunaire, as well as other important sources pertaining to the music of schoenberg and atonal music in general. Narrative structure and purpose in arnold schoenbergs pierrot lunaire mike fabio introduction in september of 1912, a 37yearold arnold schoenberg sat in a berlin concert hall awaiting the premier of his 21st opus, pierrot lunaire. Bruce labruces art house film, pierrot lunaire on vimeo. The pierrot lunaire ensemble wien plays arnold schonberg, kammersymphonie op. This fantastic sound recording is of schonberg himself conducting, with erika stiedrywagner performing the recitation. Gudrun is a music studio album recording by pierrot lunaire prog folkprogressive rock released in 1976 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette.
Balletlabs director phillip adams pierrot is for three dancers himself included, and it celebrates the 50th anniversary of glen tetleys pierrot lunaire, a work that calls on the movements of the face to convey a wide range of emotions and expressions that we have come to associate with pierrot. The protagonist of the cycle is pierrot, the comic servant of the french commedia dellarte and, later, of parisian boulevard pantomime. One life excerpt christing schafer, soprano as pierrot ensemble intercontemporain pierre boulez. Pierrot, the main character, is a clown obsessed with the moon.
Karol bennett, soprano john mcmurtery, flutepiccolo ted gurch, clarinetbass clarinet helen kim, violin craig hultgren, cello james romig, conductor. Like most fans of my generation, my first exposure to pierrot lunaire was from their avantgarde masterpiece gudrun. The language of the text is german translated from the original french. Pierrot is both the hero and the fool, acting in a drama that is also a concert piece, performing cabaret as high art and vice versa with song that is also speech. Roger marsh, long fascinated by the poems which schoenberg set for his pierrot lunaire, has completed a setting of albert girauds brilliant and allusive original texts, ignored by schoenberg commentators over the years marshs settings use both the original french and a new english translation specially commissioned from kay bourlier sometimes simultaneously and. One of the most frequently played of schoenbergs compositions, pierrot lunaire 1912 is a setting of 21 poems in three parts scored for voice, piano, flutepiccolo, clarinetbass clarinet, violinviola, and cello. Pierrot lunaire was created in 1924 by paul klee in expressionism style. The poetry of pierrot lunaire is extremely rich in recurrent symbols and images, and has led some authors to give extensive inanalyses of eleven numbers from the cycle are presented in the authors m. This tinted film without intertitles charmingly retells the wellknown story of the amorous trio. Its not really a story, though perhaps its more about storytelling. A young girl that regularly dresses as a boy falls in love and seduces a young girl that has no clue that her lover has the same sex.
Jan 18, 2012 arnold schonberg 18741951 pierrot lunaire op. Pierrot lunaire is a work that contains many paradoxes. When she is exposed as a woman, she sets out to prove to her true masculinity to her. Playing the clavichord, columbine sends pierrot to sleep. The debut lp involved soft compositions and a dreamy feel blending in mediterranean culture and prog influences. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Even though, strangely, the feelings of the girl persist without. There have been a number of versions of pierrot lunaire available to the public since the advent of recorded sound. Written and directed by bruce labruce as an adaptation of arnold. Pierrot lunaire is among schoenbergs most celebrated and frequently performed works. Pierrot lunaire is a canadiangerman film, which premiered at the 2014 berlin film festival. The song cycle is made up of 21 songs that are arranged in three groups of seven.
Pierrot lunaire 2014 a young crossdressing woman seduces a woman who has no clue her lover is the same sex. It includes 21 poems in total, in the fashion of a song cycle. Chronology, form, and set structures cornell university, 1978. The poems were written in french by albert giraud but schoenberg set the german translation by eric harleben. Pierrot searches for his columbine who is being embraced by the handsome harlequin. Composers from all over the world are invited to present works for the pierrot lunaire ensemble wien. Arnold schoenbergs pierrot lunaire is the story of a moonstruck clown, a 20th century descendant of the classic commedia dellarte clown. Labruce subsequently filmed this adaptation as the 2014 theatrical film pierrot lunaire. Christine schafer sings the first movement of arnold schoenbergs famous composition, in a film by oliver herrmann.
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