This work's first group features "The Dandy" and "Madonna," while the second has "Red Mass" and "Gallows," and it was composed in response to Albertine Zehme's request to set Hartleben's translations of Albert Giraud poems.
This work's title figure is signified by a seven note G sharp-E-C-D-B flat-C sharp-G motif. The Fires of London grew out of the desire of Peter Maxwell Davies and Harrison Birtwistle to found an ensemble of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and soprano to play this work. This work's first group features "The Dandy" and "Madonna," while the second has "Red Mass" and "Gallows," and it was composed in response to Albertine Zehme's request to set Hartleben's translations of Albert Giraud poems. Ending with (*) "O Old Perfume", it reflects the composer's numerological concerns in the subtitle, which notes that it has "seven times three poems." Also featuring "Columbine" and "Night," for 10 points, name this work in sprechstimme style, an Arnold Schoenberg song cycle about a commedia dell'arte character.
This work's title figure is signified by a seven note G sharp-E-C-D-B flat-C sharp-G motif.
{Pierrot Lunaire}