Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire - Brossura

Dunsby, Jonathan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521387159 ISBN 13: 9780521387156

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1992

Riassunto

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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Descrizione del libro:

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.

Contenuti:

Preface 1. The Immortal Pierrot; 2. Schoenberg, 1908–1912; 3. Genesis; 4. Pierrot Lunaire; Part I: Part II: Part III: 5. A brief afterword; References.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0521387159
• ISBN 13: 9780521387156
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 96