The Pierrot Ensembles
PhD thesis
Dromey, C. 2010. The Pierrot Ensembles. PhD thesis King's College, London Music
Type | PhD thesis |
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Title | The Pierrot Ensembles |
Authors | Dromey, C. |
Abstract | The ‘Pierrot’ ensemble of mixed single strings, winds and piano has become standard in contemporary music, yet it is a genre that had neither been categorised nor explored analytically. This novel line-up, derived from Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 (1912), inspired a new, British-led repertory that influenced composition as much as concert life. I chronicled this lineage of Pierrot ensembles to offer an alternative reading of twentieth-century music and culture. The thesis included analysis of salient works by Peter Maxwell Davies, Elisabeth Lutyens and Humphrey Searle, and drew on research in the Paul Sacher Stiftung (Basel) and Britten-Pears Archive (Aldeburgh), rediscovering previously unpublished works by Harrison Birtwistle and Benjamin Britten. |
Research Group | Music group |
Department name | Music |
Institution name | King's College, London |
Publication dates | |
18 Apr 2016 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 18 Apr 2016 |
Submitted | Sep 2010 |
Output status | Published |
Language | English |
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