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Pierrot stands in the garden Beneath a waning moon, And on his lute he fashions A fragile silver tune. Pierrot plays in the garden, He thinks he plays for me, But I am quite forgotten Under the cherry tree. Pierrot plays in the garden, And all the roses know That Pierrot loves his music, -- But I love Pierrot.
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- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Pierrot" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mark Andrews (1875 - 1939), "Pierrot", published 1919 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mark Andrews (1875 - 1939), "Pierrot", published 1929 [ SSA chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Pierrot ", 2008 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert F. Baksa (b. 1938), "Portrait of Pierrot", from Teasdale Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "Pierrot", published 1970 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from First Person Feminine, no. 1, Boosey and Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Pierrot", A. 30 (1912) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nika Leoni , "Pierrot", 2015 [ soprano and piano ], from Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josephine McGill (1877 - 1919), "Pierrot", published 1914 [ soprano, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harold Vincent Milligan (1888 - 1951), "Pierrot", published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Lyrics by Sara Teasdale [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gardner Read (1913 - 2005), "Pierrot", published 1943 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dagmar de Corval Rybner (1890 - 1965), "Pierrot", published 1912 [ high voice or low voice, piano ], New York: G. Schirmer; Boston: Boston Music Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Homer Samuels , "Pierrot", published 1922 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Pierrot", published 1919 [ high voice or medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Barbara Miller , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2004-05-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 58
Pierrot zeigt sich im Garten - der Mond am Himmel zieht -, auf seiner Laute spielt er ein silberzartes Lied. Für mich, im Garten, meint er, sei einzig die Soiree, derweil ich ganz vergessen unter dem Kirschbaum steh. Pierrot spielt bei den Rosen, die wissen ohnehin, dass er seine Musik liebt, doch ich, ich liebe ihn.
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- a text in English by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Pierrot"
This text was added to the website: 2021-03-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 56