Albert Giraud
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Albert Giraud | |
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 Albert Giraud (1890) | |
| Born | Emile Albert Kayenbergh 23 June 1860 |
| Died | 26 December 1929 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | poet |
Albert Giraud (French: [ʒiʁo]; 23 June 1860 – 26 December 1929) was a Belgian poet who wrote in French.
Biography
Giraud was born Emile Albert Kayenbergh in Leuven, Belgium. He studied law at the University of Leuven. He left university without a degree and took up journalism and poetry. In 1885, Giraud became a member of La Jeune Belgique, a Belgian nationalist literary movement that met at the Café Sésino in Brussels.[1] Giraud became chief librarian at the Belgian Ministry of the Interior.
He was a
atonal music. In a different, late romantic style, some of Hartleben's translations found their way into the vocal works of Joseph Marx
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Works
- Pierrot lunaire: Rondels bergamasques (1884)
- Hors du Siècle (poems written between 1885 and 1897)
- Le concert dans la musée (1921)
- Le Miroir caché (sonnets) (1921)
Notes
- ^ Albert Giraud's Pierrot Lunaire, translated and with an introduction by Gregory C. Richter.
References
- Albert Giraud's Pierrot Lunaire, translated and with an introduction by Gregory C. Richter, Truman State University Press, 2001.
- Albert Giraud, "Pierrot Lunaire," Schoenberg's selection, translated by Cecil Gray http://ada.evergreen.edu/~arunc/texts/music/pierrot/pierrot.pdf Archived 15 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
- Albert Giraud, Le Miroir caché, Éditions de la Vie Intellectuelle, Bruxelles, 1921.
- Arnold Schoenberg, "Complete performance: Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire," Ricardo Muti & Chicago SO, recorded February 2012, with English subtitles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2cBUJmDr8.
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