|
Article Excerpt
Pierrot lunaire: Albert Giraud--Otto Erich Hartleben--Arnold Schoenberg: Une collection d'etudes musico-litteraires. Edited by Mark Delaere and Jan Herman. (La republiques des lettres, 20.) Louvain; Dudley, MA: Editions Peeters, 2004. [204 p. ISBN 9042914556. $44.] Notes.
Like many other musicologists, I have in the past dismissed Albert Giraud as a "minor Belgian poet" who required only an obligatory mention before I discussed what seemed to be more substantive issues in Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire. Belgians don't feel quite the same way, as I first
learned from reading press reviews of the Brussels premiere of the Schoenberg work: the French retranslation of Otto Erich Hartelben's German translation of Giraud's French original disgusted some Belgian critics, who saw such translation as an abuse of their countryman's poetry. Translation is in fact a primary theme of this collection of essays, which also serves as an important corrective to our sometimes shallow notions of interdisciplinary research.
Originating in an international literary and musicological congress on Pierrot lunaire held at the Katholieke Universtiteit Leuven--in Giraud's home town--this trilingual volume presents the work of German, British, French, American, and Belgian scholars on topics ranging from Pierrot's theatrical and literary antecedents, to the intertextual relationships among Giraud, Hartleben, and Schoenberg's versions, to Pierrot's translation, transmission, and reception.
Three...
|
|
More articles from Notes
The Clarinet in the Classical Period.(Book review), March 01, 2006
Bibliography and Discography on Music for Solo Wind Instruments and Or..., March 01, 2006
Acoustics Research Letters Online (ARLO).(NEW TITLES)(Periodical revie..., March 01, 2006
Chaise Magazine.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review), March 01, 2006
JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning (JMM).(NEW TITLES)(Periodical re..., March 01, 2006
Looking for additional articles?
Search our database of over 3 million articles.
Looking for more in-depth information on this industry?
Search our complete database of Industry & Market reports by text, subject, publication
name or publication date.
About Goliath
Whether you're looking for sales prospects, competitive information, company
analysis or best practices in managing your organization,
Goliath can help you meet your business needs.
Our extensive business information databases empower business
professionals with both the breadth and depth of credible,
authoritative information they need to support their business
goals. Whether it be strategic planning, sales prospecting,
company research or defining management best practices -
Goliath is your leading source for accurate information.
|
|
