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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]1 er auf der Glatze Mit groteskem Riesenbogen.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Ramrath: "kratzt"
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Serenade", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893 [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
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Conrad Ramrath (1880 - 1972), "Mit groteskem Riesenbogen", published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Dreililien-Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Serenade", op. 21 no. 19 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Serenade", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 41, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "小夜曲", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Serenade", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sérénade", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Serenata", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Serenade", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 62
Avec un archet géant grotesque Pierrot gratte son alto, Comme la cigogne sur une patte, Il pince tristement un pizzicato. Soudain Cassandre approche -- furieux Contre le virtuose nocturne -- Avec un archet géant grotesque Pierrot gratte son alto. Maintenant il jette loin de lui l'alto : Avec sa main gauche délicate Il saisit la tête chauve par le col -- En rêvant il joue sur le crâne Avec un archet géant grotesque.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Serenade", appears in Pierrot lunaire, Berlin, Verlag Deutscher Phantasten, first published 1893
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
This text was added to the website: 2012-04-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 69