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Pierrot ensemble plus percussion (vibraphone) in a performance of Steve Reich's Double Sextet.

A Pierrot ensemble is a musical ensemble comprising flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. This ensemble is named after 20th-century composer Arnold Schoenberg’s seminal work Pierrot Lunaire, which includes the quintet of instruments above with a narrator (usually performed by a soprano).

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Pierrot ensemble

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A Pierrot ensemble is a musical ensemble comprising flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. This ensemble is named after 20th-century composer Arnold...

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Pierrot lunaire

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Albert Girauds "Pierrot lunaire" ("Three times Seven Poems from Albert Giraud's 'Pierrot lunaire'"), commonly known simply as Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21...

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Pierrot

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Pierrot (/ˈpɪəroʊ/ PEER-oh, US also /ˈpiːəroʊ, ˌpiːəˈroʊ/ PEE-ə-roh, PEE-ə-ROH; French: [pjɛʁo] ) is a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte...

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Chamber music

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soprano, has no key signature. Schoenberg further explored atonality with Pierrot Lunaire, for singer, flute or piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello and piano...

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Fires of London

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London, founded as the Pierrot Players, was a British chamber music ensemble which was active from 1965 to 1987. The Pierrot Players was founded by Harrison...

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Eight Songs for a Mad King

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written for the South-African actor Roy Hart and the composer's ensemble, the Pierrot Players. It was premiered on 22 April 1969. Lasting half an hour...

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Cultural references to Pierrot

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Cultural references to Pierrot have been made since the inception of the character in the 17th century. His character in contemporary popular culture...

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Eighth Blackbird

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composed of flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, and cello (Pierrot ensemble with percussion). Their name derives from the eighth stanza of Wallace...

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New Music Ensemble

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Citizens New Music Ensemble experimental music group based in London New York New Music Ensemble (NYNME) contemporary music Pierrot ensemble. Since 1976 Juventas...

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Arnold Schoenberg

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female vocalist with a small ensemble of five musicians. The ensemble, which is now commonly referred to as the Pierrot ensemble, consists of flute (doubling...

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Paul Reale

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Night for three trumpets and organ (1996) Le Bonheur de Vivre, in Pierrot Ensemble Series, vol. 1, along with works by Pellegrino, Arnesen, Price, Yip...

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New York New Music Ensemble

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(1996) Joan Panetti, "Crystals" Mario Pelusi, "A Narrative for Expanded Pierrot Ensemble" (2005) George Perle, "Critical Moments" (1997) Wayne Peterson, "Rhapsody"...

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Outline of music

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– Woodwind quartet – Quintet – Brass quintet – Clarinet quintet – Pierrot ensemble – String quintet – Wind quintet – Septet – Sextet – Piano sextet –...

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Da Capo Chamber Players

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The Da Capo Chamber Players are an American contemporary music "Pierrot ensemble," founded in 1970. Winners of the Naumburg Award in 1973, its founding...

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Lunatics at Large

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Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, op. 21. Lunatics at Large is a Pierrot ensemble augmented with soprano and viola. A large mixed ensemble combining voice...

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Index of music articles

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Piccolo heckelphone Piccolo oboe Piccolo trumpet Pièce d'occasion Pierrot ensemble Pipe band Pipe organ Piston valve Pitch Pitch axis theory Pitch class...

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Four Orchestral Songs

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LP format. The performance of this recording was carried out by the Pierrot Ensemble Köln in August 1980. The Philharmonia Orchestra recording on the Naxos...

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Auricle Ensemble

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received critical attention with its tour of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. The ensemble's family concert with its orchestral octet performances for young...

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Mohammed Fairouz

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written with Wayne Koestenbaum, titled Pierrot was commissioned by the Da Capo Chamber Players. The Pierrot ensemble, Lunatics at Large commissioned the...

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Steven Gellman

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Arts Centre Orchestra, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Opera Lyra, the Pierrot Ensemble, the Stratford Festival, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra among others...

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