Schoenberg set Pierrot Lunaire, commissioned in 1921 by actress/singer Albertina Zena, to 21 poems by the Belgian Symbolist poet Albert Giraud. With this piece, the self-taught composer who early ...
Arnold Schoenberg’s son ... These works, including compositions like Verklärte Nacht and Pierrot Lunaire are foundational to the 20th-century classical repertoire. Belmont’s role in ...
Camerata Pacifica is an international chamber collective based in Santa Barbara. Schoenberg set Pierrot Lunaire, commissioned in 1912 by actress/singer Albertina Zena, to 21 poems by the Belgian ...
from early Romantic pieces to his revolutionary 12-tone works and transformative masterpieces like “Pierrot Lunaire.” Also lost were performance posters, a bust of Schoenberg and ephemera such ...