Mondrondels. Phantastische Scenen aus "Pierrot Lunaire" von A. Giraud, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung

Song Cycle by Ferdinand Pfohl (1862 - 1949)

Word count: 254

1. Humoreske [sung text not yet checked]

Einen weißen Fleck des hellen Mondes
Auf dem Rücken seines schwarzen Rockes,
So spaziert Pierrot im lauen Abend,
Aufzusuchen Glück und Abenteuer.
 
Plötzlich - stört ihn was an seinem Anzug,
Er beschaut sich rings und findet richtig -
Einen weißen Fleck des hellen Mondes
Auf dem Rücken seines schwarzen Rockes.
 
Warte! denkt er: das ist so ein Gipsfleck!
Wischt und wischt, doch - bringt ihn nicht herunter!
Und so geht er, giftgeschwollen, weiter,
Reibt und reibt bis an den frühen Morgen --
Einen weißen Fleck des hellen Mondes.

Authorship

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Der Mondfleck" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on

a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Brosseur de lune", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "月斑", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Moonfleck", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La tache de lune", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La macchia di luna", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Måneflekken", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Die Lyrik des Auslandes in neuerer Zeit, ed. Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1907, page 22

Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

2. Des Mondlichts bleiche Blüthen [sung text not yet checked]

Des Mondlichts bleiche Blüten,
Die weißen Wunderrosen,
Blühn in den Julinachten -
O brach ich eine nur!

Mein banges Leid zu lindern,
Such ich am dunklen Strome
Des Mondlichts bleiche Blüten,
Die weißen Wunderrosen.

Gestillt wär all mein Sehnen,
Dürft ich so märchenheimlich,
So selig leis - entblättern
Auf deine brauenen Haare
Des Mondlichts bleiche Blüten!

Authorship

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Colombine" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on

a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "À Colombine", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884

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CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "柯隆碧妮", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Columbine", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Colombine", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Colombina", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Columbine", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Albert Giraud, Pierrot Lunaire, deutsch von Otto Erich Hartleben, Der Verlag deutscher Phantasten, Berlin, 1892, page 10.

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3. Elegie [sung text not yet checked]

Du nächtig todeskranker Mond
Dort auf des Himmels schwarzem Pfühl,
Dein Blick, so fiebernd übergroß,
Bannt mich wie fremde Melodie.

An unstillbarem Liebesleid
Stirbst du, an Sehnsucht, tief erstickt,
Du nächtig todeskranker Mond
Dort auf des Himmels schwarzem Pfühl.

Den Liebsten, der im Sinnenrausch
Gedankenlos zur Liebsten schleicht,
Belustigt deiner Strahlen Spiel -
Dein bleiches, qualgebornes Blut,
Du nächtig todeskranker Mond.

Authorship

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Lune malade", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "病月", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "The sick moon", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La lune malade", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La luna ammalata", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Den sjuke Månen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

4. Die Seele, in der Geige schwebend [sung text not yet checked]

Die Seele, in der Geige schwebend
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Authorship

possibly by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)

Based on

a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Violon de Lune", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884

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Note: some catalogs give the incipit as "Die Seele, in der Geige webend"

5. Visïon [sung text not yet checked]

[Zu grausem]¹ Abendmahle
Beim Blendeglanz des Goldes,
Beim Flackerschein der Kerzen,
Naht [sich Pierrot dem Altar.]²

Die Hand, die gottgeweihte,
Zerreißt die Priesterkleider --
Zu grausem Abendmahle
Beim Blendeglanz des Goldes.

Mit segnender Geberde
Zeigt er den bangen Seelen
Die triefend rothe Hostie --
Sein Herz in blut'gen Fingern,
Zu grausem Abendmahle.

Authorship

by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on

a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Messe rouge", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884

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ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Red mass", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Nord und Süd. Eine deutsche Monatschrift, Sechsundfünfzigster Band, ed. by Paul Lindau, Breslau, Schlesische Buchdruckerei, Kunst- und Verlags-Anstalt vormals S. Schottlaender, 1891, page 271, in a section titled Mondrondels aus dem "Pierrot Lunaire".

Note: modernized spelling would change "Geberde" to "Gebärde" and "rothe" to "rote".

¹ Pfohl: "Zum grausen"; further changes may exist not shown above.
² Schoenberg: "dem Altar - Pierrot!"

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