Pierrot Lunaire

musical setting by Arnold Schoenberg of 21 selected poems by Albert Giraud
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q965040
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Pierrot Lunaire

Summary

Pierrot Lunaire is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (469 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pierrot Lunaire's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's composer is recorded as Arnold Schoenberg[4].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's commissioned by is recorded as Albertine Zehme[5].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's genre is melologue[6].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's based on is recorded as Pierrot lunaire[7].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's Commons category is recorded as Pierrot Lunaire[8].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's language of work or name is recorded as German[9].
  • Pierrot Lunaire was published on January 1, 1912[10].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's lyricist is recorded as Otto Erich Hartleben[11].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's lyricist is recorded as Albert Giraud[12].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's tonality is recorded as atonality[13].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's instrumentation is recorded as Sprechgesang[14].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's instrumentation is recorded as instrumental ensemble[15].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds Pierrot lunaire'}[16].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q207628', 'amount': '+21'}[17].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's form of creative work is recorded as song cycle[19].
  • Pierrot Lunaire's opus number is recorded as 21[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song-cycle[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b1d77e7d-694f-4d7e-862b-691be2ae47ad[22]

Body

Publication

Pierrot Lunaire was published on January 1, 1912[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as German[9]. Its genre is melologue[6].

Why It Matters

Pierrot Lunaire ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (469 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . toddtarantino.com. Retrieved . toddtarantino.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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