Pour la cruelle Eucharistie, Sous l'éclair des ors aveuglants Et des cierges aux feux troublants, Pierrot sort de la sacristie. Sa main, de la Grâce investie, Déchire ses ornements blancs, Pour la cruelle Eucharistie, Sous l'éclair des ors aveuglants, Et d'un grand geste d'amnistie Il montre aux fidèles tremblants Son coeur entre ses doigts sanglants, -- Comme une horrible et rouge hostie Pour la cruelle Eucharistie.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Messe rouge", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Géza Vilmos Zagon (1889 - 1918), "Messe rouge", 1908-1909, first performed 1911 [ high voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, poésies de Albert Giraud, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) , no title, appears in Pierrot lunaire ; composed by Ferdinand Pfohl, Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg, Otto Vrieslander.
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Zu grausem Abendmahle Beim Blendeglanz des Goldes, Beim Flackerschein der Kerzen, Naht sich Pierrot dem Altar. 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.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed 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".
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), no title, appears in Pierrot lunaire [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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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 52