Pierrot Lunaire
Pierrot Lunaire (Moonstruck Pierrot). Melodrama for female v., pf., fl., picc., cl., bass cl., vn., va., and vc., Op.21, by Schoenberg, comp. 1912, f.p. Berlin 1912, London 1923. Cycle of ‘3 times 7’ songs—in Sprechgesang—to poems by Albert Giraud trans. from Fr. into Ger. by O. E. Hartleben. The titles are: I, Mondestrunken, Colombine, Der Dandy, Eine blasse Wäscherin, Valse de Chopin, Madonna, Der kranke Mond. II, Die Nacht, Gebet an Pierrot, Raub, Rote Messe, Galgenlied, Enthauptung, Die Kreuze. III, Heimweh, Gemeinheit, Parodie, Der Mondfleck, Serenade, Heimfahrt, O alter Duft.
More From encyclopedia.com
Chemnitz , bibliography:
H. Ermisch (ed.), Urkundenbuch der Stadt Chemnitz (1879), 8, 19, 82; A. Levy, Geschichte der Juden in Sachsen (1900), 35, 41, 99–111; F… Max Rubner , Rubner, Max
RUBNER, MAX
physiology, hygiene.
Rubner was the son of Johann Nepomuk Rubner, a locksmith, and of Barbara Duscher. His scientific inclina… Adolf Bastian , Adolf Bastian (1826–1905), early ethnographer, was born in Bremen, the son of a wealthy merchant. He studied law at the University of Heidelberg and… Friedrich Ratzel , RATZEL, FRIEDRICH
geography, ethnography.
Ratzel was one of the four children of the manager of household staff of the grand duke of Baden. He spent… Johannes Walther , WALTHER, JOHANNES
(b. Neustadt-Orla, Germany, 20 July 1860; d. Hofgastein, Germany, 4 May 1937)
geology.
Walther was the son of Kuno Walther, an evan… Christian Konrad Sprengel , botany.
Sprengel was the last child of Ernst Victor Sprengel (1686–1759), Archdeacon of St. Gotthardt-Gemeinde, and his second wife, Dorothea Gnadenr…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Pierrot Lunaire