Pierrot Lunaire

[ pee-uh-roh loo-nair; French pye-roh ly-ner ]
/ ˌpi əˈroʊ luˈnɛər; French pyɛ roʊ lüˈnɛr /

noun

a cycle of 21 songs (1912) for voice and instruments, by Arnold Schönberg, written in Sprechgesang style and set to poems of Albert Giraud in German translation.