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