Jean-Antoine Watteau’s The Italian Comedians (probably 1720) has Pierrot, dressed in white, at its centre. An earlier work by Watteau, The Departure of the Italian Comedians, describes the ...

One of the most influential works of modern music celebrated its centenary this season. Arnold Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire," an unforgettable atonal song cycle that premiered in October 1912 ...