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.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• Schoenberg and the development of the Sprechstimme concept
• The paths to Pierrot
• The Sprechstimme in Pierrot lunaire
• An overview of compositional materials
• Part I, numbers 1-7
• Part II, numbers 8-14
• Part III, numbers 15-21.