Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot lunaire is now a century old. To mark the occasion, Jane Manning gives a practical and highly personal view of the work in a guide for the potential performer.
“Manning reflects on the cultural and psychological impact of that unique form of heightened declamatory speech known as Sprechstimme, and dissects in exhaustive detail the vocal, musical and dramatic requirements of each of the twenty-one movements. Other chapters deal with the background to the work, the poems, available translations, as well as the many different interpretations, both historical and contemporary.The book is a wide-ranging and insightful guide for the potential performer, and a CD of the instrumental parts is provided to aid practice. But it should also be of interest to all those who wish to celebrate, and to delve even more deeply into an enduring milestone of music theatre.” (back cover)
Jane Manning, Voicing Pierrot. A practical, analytical and personal guide to the vocal part of Schoenberg’s Schönberg’s Pierrot lunaire. Southern Voices, 2012
Content:
Introduction by Bayan Northcott
PART 1
Preface - My Personal Journey - Pierrot in Context - The Poems - Cultural and Stylistic Influences - Notation and its Implications - Modes of Delivery - Starting Out - Priorities - Practicalities and Settings - The Performing Experience in Detail - A Detailed Description and Guide to Performing Pierrot Lunaire - Afterword - Coda
PART 2
Pierrot Interpretations Past and Present: Thoughts and Comparisons - Pierrot Translations: Comments on a Selection - Singing Translations of the Texts into English by Professor Roger Marsh - Conversation with Pierre Boulez - Case Studies - Pierrot Lunaire Questionnaire Completions: Alison Smart - Natalie Raybould - Jane Manning - Verbal and Notational Discrepancies - Other settings of Pierrot Lunaire Texts by Schoenberg’s Contemporaries - Informal Meeting with Richard Hoffmann
PART 3
Mini-biographies - Selected List of Jane Manning’s Own Pierrot Performances and Recordings - Pierrot Discography - Bibliography
First published in 2012 by Southern Voices, 38 Diamond Street, Amaroo, ACT 2914, AUSTRALIA
UK contact, address:
45 St Vincent Crescent
Glasgow, G3 8NG
This book is vailable in the UK from
www.albarmusick.co.uk
and from:
Music for Granted
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ISBN10: 1 - 876463 - 40 - 6
ISBN13: 978 - 1 - 876463 - 40 - 3