Editing Pierrot (section)

==''Pierrot lunaire''==
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The fifty poems that were published by [[Albert Giraud]] (born Emile Albert Kayenbergh) as ''[[Pierrot lunaire (book)|Pierrot lunaire: Rondels bergamasques]]'' in 1884 were set to music several times. The best known version is by [[Arnold Schoenberg]], i.e., his Opus 21: ''Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds'' [[Pierrot lunaire]] (''Thrice-Seven Poems from Albert Giraud's'' Pierrot lunaire—Schoenberg was numerologically superstitious). This led, among other things, to ensemble groups' appropriating Pierrot's name, such as the English [[Pierrot Players]] (1967–70).<ref>{{harvnb|Hall|2015|pp=72–77}}.</ref> The Pierrot behind those cycles has invaded worlds well beyond those of composers, singers, and ensemble-performers. Theatrical groups such as the [[Opera Quotannis]] have brought Pierrot's [[Passion (Christianity)|Passion]] to the dramatic stage; dancers such as [[Glen Tetley]] have choreographed it; poets such as [[Wayne Koestenbaum]] have derived original inspiration from it.<ref>The Opera Quotannis production (with Christine Schadeberg) was premiered in 1995; Tetley's [http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/pierrot_lunaire.html ballet] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008020738/http://www.abt.org/education/archive/ballets/pierrot_lunaire.html |date=2015-10-08 }}) was first performed in 1962; Koestenbaum's ten ''Pierrot Lunaire'' poems appeared in his ''Best-Selling Jewish Porn Films'' (New York: Turtle Point Press, 2006).</ref> It has been translated into still more distant media by painters, such as [[Paul Klee]]; fiction-writers, such as Helen Stevenson; filmmakers, such as [[Bruce LaBruce]]; and graphic-novelists, such as Antoine Dodé.<ref>Klee's portrait dates from 1924; Stevenson is the author of the novel ''Pierrot Lunaire'' (London: Sceptre, 1995); Bruce LaBruce's Canadian/German film ''Pierrot Lunaire'' was released in 2014; and in 2011 Dodé published the first volume of his projected trilogy, ''Pierrot Lunaire''.</ref> A passionately sinister Pierrot Lunaire has even shadowed DC Comics' [[Batman]].<ref>The character made his first appearance in issue #676: ''Batman R.I.P.: Midnight in the House of Hurt'' (2008); he resumed his role in ten other issues.</ref> Pierrot is aptly honored in the title of a song by the British rock-group [[Soft Machine|The Soft Machine]]: "Thank You Pierrot Lunaire" (1969).<ref>From the album ''[[Volume Two (The Soft Machine album)|Volume Two]]''.</ref>