Abstract:Newly discovered recordings of Schoenberg conducting
Pierrot lunaire open a window into the workshop of Arnold Schoenberg (the
conductor) and Erika Stiedry-Wagner (who performed the Sprechstimme).
These recordings reveal that in a period of not more than three days, Schoenberg
accepted relatively great freedom in the Sprechstimme pitch contour; as well
as a contradictory tendency towards consistency and a certain systematic
approach towards pitch, which does not always … Show more
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