Pierrot

Pierrot stands in the garden
Beneath a waning moon,
And on his lute he fashions
A [fragile]1 silver tune.

Pierrot plays in the garden,
He thinks he plays for me,
But I am quite forgotten
Under the cherry tree.

Pierrot plays in the garden,
And all the roses know
That Pierrot loves his music, --
But I love Pierrot.

by Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) , "Pierrot"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Mark Andrews (1875-1939) , "Pierrot", published 1919. [voice, piano]
by Mark Andrews (1875-1939) , "Pierrot", published 1929. [SSA, piano]
by Gary Bachlund , "Pierrot", 2008. [mezzo-soprano and piano]
by Robert F. Baksa (1938-) , "Portrait of Pierrot", from Teasdale Songs, no. 4.
by Seymour Barab (1921-) , "Pierrot", published 1970 [SSA, piano], from First Person Feminine
by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920) , "Pierrot", A. 30 (1912). [high voice and piano]
by Josephine McGill (1877-1919) , "Pierrot", published 1914. [soprano, piano]
by Harold Vincent Milligan (1888-1951) , "Pierrot", published 1917 [voice, piano], from 5 Lyrics by Sara Teasdale
by Gardner Read (1913-) , "Pierrot", published 1943.
by Dagmar de Corval Rybner (1890-) , "Pierrot" [high or low voice, piano]
by Homer Samuels , "Pierrot", published 1922. [voice, piano]
by Wintter Watts (1884-1962) , "Pierrot", published 1919. [high or medium voice, piano]

Date added to the website: 2004-05-27.

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