The Veil of Pierrette: “Wedding Waltz” (Finale)

Composer: DOHNÁNYI, Ernst [Ernő]
  • Der Schleier der Pierette (“The Veil of Pierette”) is a pantomime in 3 parts with music by Dohnányi.
  • The piece was composed in 1908-9, and it premiered in Dresden in 1910.1
  • Listen for: a humorous homage to the music of Johann Strauss Jr.2

Sources

  1. Bálint, Vázsonyi, “Dohnányi, Ernő,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 3, 2019,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000007927.
  2. Matthew Rye, liner notes to Dohnányi: The Veil of Pierette etc., Howard Shelley, BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert, Chandos 9733, CD, 1999.

Cut IDs

43187