Mit groteskem Riesenbogen (Hartleben, set by (Conrad Ramrath, Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud

Translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)

La sérénade de Pierrot

Language: French (Français)

D'un grotesque archet dissonant
Agaçant sa viole plate,
A la héron, sur une patte,
Il pince un air inconvenant.

Soudain Cassandre, intervenant,
Blâme ce nocturne acrobate,
D'un grotesque archet dissonant
Agaçant sa viole plate.

Pierrot la rejette, et prenant
D'une poigne très délicate
Le vieux par sa roide cravate,
Zèbre son ventre bedonnant
D'un grotesque archet dissonant.

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by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "La sérénade de Pierrot", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905) CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN ; composed by Conrad Ramrath, Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg.

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Word count: 57

Mit groteskem Riesenbogen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Available translation(s): CHI ENG FRE ITA NYN

Mit groteskem Riesenbogen
Kratzt Pierrot auf seiner Bratsche,
Wie der Storch auf einem Beine,
Knipst er trüb ein Pizzicato.

Plötzlich naht Cassander - wütend
Ob des nächtgen Virtuosen -
Mit groteskem Riesenbogen
Kratzt Pierrot auf seiner Bratsche.

Von sich wirft er jetzt die Bratsche:
Mit der delikaten Linken
Faßt den Kahlkopf er am Kragen -
Träumend spielt er auf der Glatze
Mit groteskem Riesenbogen.

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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, "La sérénade de Pierrot", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884

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by Conrad Ramrath (1880 - 1972), "Mit groteskem Riesenbogen", published 1906 [voice and piano], Berlin, Dreililien-Verlag [
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by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Serenade", op. 21 no. 19 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 19. [
text verified 1 time
]

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ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , title 1: "Serenade", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 64