Inside Pierrot lunaire: Performing the Sprechstimme in Schoenberg's Masterpiece

By Phyllis Bryn-Julson & Paul Mathews, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Phyllis Bryn-Julson & Paul Mathews

Book Overview

This is a handbook on the performance and interpretation of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, op. 21. The book presents a guide for the listener and an aid to the interpreter of the twenty-one melodramas, providing an original English translation of each poem and an analysis of each melodrama. The book makes a case for the importance of the notated pitches in a correct performance of the Sprechstimme.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810862050
• ISBN13: 9780810862050
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"