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[Zu grausem]1 Abendmahle Beim Blendeglanz des Goldes, Beim Flackerschein der Kerzen, Naht [sich Pierrot dem Altar.]2 Die Hand, die gottgeweihte, Zerreißt die Priesterkleider -- Zu grausem Abendmahle Beim Blendeglanz des Goldes. Mit segnender Geberde Zeigt er den bangen Seelen Die triefend rothe Hostie -- Sein Herz in blut'gen Fingern, Zu grausem Abendmahle.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Nord und Süd. Eine deutsche Monatschrift, Sechsundfünfzigster Band, ed. by Paul Lindau, Breslau, Schlesische Buchdruckerei, Kunst- und Verlags-Anstalt vormals S. Schottlaender, 1891, page 271, in a section titled Mondrondels aus dem "Pierrot Lunaire".
Note: modernized spelling would change "Geberde" to "Gebärde" and "rothe" to "rote".
1 Pfohl: "Zum grausen"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Schoenberg: "dem Altar - Pierrot!"
Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), no title, appears in Pierrot lunaire [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Messe rouge", 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 Ferdinand Pfohl (1862 - 1949), "Visïon", op. 4 no. 5, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Mondrondels. Phantastische Scenen aus "Pierrot Lunaire" von A. Giraud, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Rote Messe", op. 21 no. 11 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Rote Messe", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 31, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "紅色彌撒", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Red mass", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Messe rouge", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Messa di sangue", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Raud messe", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
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陰森恐怖的聖餐, 伴著黃金的炫目光彩, 以及搖曳的蠟燭火焰, 走近祭壇-皮耶羅! 他的手,已奉獻給神明的手, 撕開僧袍 陰森恐怖的聖餐, 伴著黃金的炫目光彩。 以祝禱的手勢 他對受驚嚇的靈魂們展示 濕淋淋的血紅色聖餅: 他的心-在血淋淋的指間- 陰森恐怖的聖餐!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Chinese (中文) copyright © 2010 by Yen-Chiang Che, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), no title, appears in Pierrot lunaire
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Messe rouge", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-01
Line count: 13
Word count: 13