Valse de Chopin from Pierrot Lunaire Flashcards
1
Q
Composer and year?
A
Arnold Schoenburg
1912
2
Q
The melodrama is a setting of 21 selected poems by who?
A
Albert Giraud
3
Q
It’s written for a reciter who delivers the poem in what style?
A
Sprechstimme
4
Q
What does a Pierrot ensemble consist of?
A
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano with standard doublings and one vocalist
But each song uses a different combination
5
Q
This movement is … in mood and completely ATONAL.
A
MACABRE
6
Q
What does it compare a waltz by Chopin (a Romantic pianist and composer) to?
A
a drop of blood staining the lips of a consumptive ( now out-of-use term for someone with Tuberculosis)
7
Q
How is it like a waltz?
A
