Inside Pierrot lunaire performing the Sprechstimme in Schoenberg's masterpiece /

• Main Author: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis.
• Other Authors: Mathews, Paul, 1968-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
• Subjects: Schoenberg, Arnold, > 1874-1951. > Pierrot lunaire.; Schönberg, Arnold.; Pierrot lunaire (Schoenberg, Arnold); Pierrot lunaire.; Sprechstimme.; MUSIC > Voice. > Instruction & Study; MUSIC > Piano-Vocal-Guitar. > Printed Music; Melodram.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 235 pages, [6] pages of plates) : illustrations, music
• Format: Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.
• ISBN: 9780810862258 (electronic bk.); 0810862255 (electronic bk.)

Inside Pierrot lunaire: Performing the Sprechstimme in Schoenberg's Masterpiece is a handbook on the performance and interpretation of the recitation in Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, op. 21. Presenting a guide for the listener and an aid to the interpreter of the 21 melodramas, the book provides an original English translation of each poem, annotated with references to other poems in the cycle, including some of the texts Schoenberg omitted. The volume also offers an analysis of the Sprechstimme in each melodrama in the context of the surrounding texture and directed by the principles o.