Slovak composer Miro Bázlik wrote an opera "Peter a Lucia" in seven pictures between 1963 and 1966, based on Rolland's novel.

The 1968 Czechoslovak film adaptation starring Emília Vášáryová as Luce and Emil Horváth as Pierre.

Slovak progressive-rock musicians Dežo Ursiny and Jaro Filip recorded a demo in the 1970s with a set of songs for poems, written by Ján Štrasser, based on the novel.

Years later, Alta Vášová, author of the libretto for the musical, finally found a group of musicians, Talent Transport, with a skilled composer and arranger, Vladislav "Slnko" Šarišský, who succeeded in transforming the demo recording into complete arrangements for the intended songs while nicely pertaining to the minimalist musical style of their original authors.

The German punk band Die Skeptiker wrote a song "Pierre und Luce" based on the novel.