<P> Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds `` Pierrot lunaire '' ( `` Three times Seven Poems from Albert Giraud 's ' Pierrot lunaire ' '' ) , commonly known simply as Pierrot Lunaire , Op. 21 ( `` Moonstruck Pierrot '' or `` Pierrot in the Moonlight '' ) , is a melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg . It is a setting of 21 selected poems from Otto Erich Hartleben 's German translation of the Belgian poet Albert Giraud 's cycle of French poems of the same name . The première of the work , which is between 35 and 40 minutes in length , was at the Berlin Choralion - Saal on October 16 , 1912 , with Albertine Zehme as the vocalist . Davids Steaks </P>
<P> Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds `` Pierrot lunaire '' ( `` Three times Seven Poems from Albert Giraud 's ' Pierrot lunaire ' '' ) , commonly known simply as Pierrot Lunaire , Op. 21 ( `` Moonstruck Pierrot '' or `` Pierrot in the Moonlight '' ) , is a melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg . It is a setting of 21 selected poems from Otto Erich Hartleben 's German translation of the Belgian poet Albert Giraud 's cycle of French poems of the same name . The première of the work , which is between 35 and 40 minutes in length , was at the Berlin Choralion - Saal on October 16 , 1912 , with Albertine Zehme as the vocalist . Davids Steaks </P>
pierrot lunaire is based on a cycle of poems written by
pierrot lunaire is based on a cycle of poems written by
Albert Giraud
Albert Giraud