Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck)
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Date
1912
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Text
21 poems (from Albert Giraud's original 50 poems)
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Texture
Contrapuntal/polyphonic
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Listen for
Austrian solo female voice, high-pitched instrument
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Melody
disjunct, quasi-speech like (Sprechstimme)
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Harmony
harshly dissonant/unstable
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Performing Forces
solo female voice, five instrumentalists
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Form
Poetic form (Rondeau)
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Genre
Song cycle
Pierrot lunaire, Part III, No. 18 (Der Mondfleck) Rhythm
very fast, free-flowing