AMONG TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN PIERROT LUNAIRE - BY ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG

Abstract

The new treatment of melodrama and cycle of the poems put on music is certain. The continuity of the hero from the character of a comedy of masks and modification of this tradition in a context of expressionism is revealed. Influence of magic of numbers on structure of work is shown. Modification of elements of recent romanticism and symbolism in semantics of work is disclosed.