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Pierrot Lunaire (1912) is one of the most important music theatre works ever written. This is the first guide in English to a work which continues to be performed, broadcast and recorded worldwide. The book describes the artistic environment around the turn of the century from which Pierrot emerged and discusses Schoenberg's working methods and intentions in its composition. The composer's artistic development up to 1912 is contemplated as a backdrop to this extraordinarily original creative act, and the significance of Pierrot in the unfolding of twentieth-century music is a recurrent topic of the text. In a clear and imaginative description of the work itself, the author takes each of the 21 melodramas in turn, considering both the music and the narrative. The text of all 21 poems is provided in German and in a new English translation by Andrew Porter.
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Pierrot Lunaire (1912) is one of the most important music theatre works ever written. This is the first guide in English to a work which continues to be performed, broadcast and recorded worldwide.
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For all the rough critical ride Schoenberg's compositions have received in general, Pierrot lunaire has come to be regarded since its first performance in 1912 as a masterpiece. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
For all the rough critical ride Schoenberg's compositions have received in general, Pierrot lunaire has come to be regarded since its first performance in 1912 as a masterpiece. Read the first page
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Mandatory for Schoenbergians, 29 Mar 2003
By mackjay - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire (Cambridge Music Handbooks) (Paperback)
As many who admire a lot of so-called "difficult" music know, the more you listen, the more you hear. If a work is really inspired and intelligently composed, any open-minded listener can come to appreciate it. After 90+ years, most who care about 20th century music would probably agree that PIERROT LUNAIRE has stood the test of time. It's mesmerizing, beautiful, frightening, all at the same time. Certainly it's challenging too, but what really good music is not? Jonathan Dunsby had done a service to Schoenberg with this straightforward analysis of PIERROT. Plenty of background information is provided (although more on Albertine Zehme and the early performances of the piece would have been useful). Musical analysis is not forbiddingly technical. Anyone who can read music should be able to follow Dunsby's lead with a score. Those who don't read music should be able to hear what the author points out in precise prose.
It is important to cover as many aspects of PIERROT as possible: because the piece itself is brief and because Schoenberg carefully chose and set each poem. Dunsby treats each melodrama as a separate entity, but he also relates each one to the whole. It is also commendable that he discusses much of PIERROT in terms of melody. The composer was in the process of inventing a new kind of melody and he started an exploratory process that still continues today. Over and over again, Dunsby points out the kaleidoscopic melodic and instrumental variety of this fascinating musical landmark. PIERROT is not an important "museum piece", but an engaging masterpiece that lives on in performance today.
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A book for every classical musician, 27 July 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire (Cambridge Music Handbooks) (Paperback)
Jonathan Dunsby has helped to demystify the difficult and complicated issues surrounding this Schoenberg masterwork. The included English translation by Andrew Porter is excellent, and, by the way, can be heard with the German version (yes, both the English and the German on the same recording!) on Bridge BCD 9032 with Lucy Shelton and the Da Capo Chamber Players. Dunsby gives a detailed history of the work itself and the modern expressionist era that surrounds it, and a very useful interpretive and intentionally incomplete analysis of each of the twenty-one melodramas that will help the performer or the listener gain a better understanding of the work that shaped contemporary classical music. This is not for the faint of heart! Both Schoenberg and Pierrot are very complex, so be prepared to dig into specialized terminology and subject matter.
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well organized ideas about pierrot lunaire, 4 Nov 2008
By Jinhwa Choi - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire (Cambridge Music Handbooks) (Paperback)
I purchased this book for my music theory class. All explanation and analysis about Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire organized very cleary and eay to understand.
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