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Clair de Lune

“Clair de Lune Sheet Music’” The third and most famous movement of Suite bergamasque is “Clair de lune”, in D-flat major. Its name comes from Verlaine’s poem Clair de lune, “moonlight” in French. It is written in the 9/8 meter, marked andante très expressif, and to be played mostly pianissimo. Musically, Debussy’s “Clair de lune” belongs to French Impressionism.


Suite bergamasque
 The Suite bergamasque (French pronunciation: 
[s?it b???amask]) is one of the most famous piano suites by Claude Debussy. It was first composed by Debussy around 1890, at the age of 28, but was significantly revised just before its publication in 1905.It seems that by the time a publisher came to Debussy in order to cash in on his fame and have these pieces published, the composer loathed their earlier piano style.
While it is not known how much of the Suite was written in 1890 and how much was written in 1905, it is clear that Debussy changed the names of at least two of the pieces. “Passepied” had first been composed under the name “Pavane”, while “Clair de lune” was originally titled “Promenade sentimentale.” These names also come from Paul Verlaine’s poems. The final title of Suite bergamasque comes from Verlaine’s poem Clair de lune, which refers to ‘bergamasques’ in its opening stanza: Votre âme est un paysage choisi / Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques / Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi / Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy (French: 
[klod a?il d?bysi]; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though he himself disliked the term when applied to his compositions. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in his native France in 1903. Debussy was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his use of non-traditional scales and chromaticism influenced many composers who followed.
Debussy’s music is noted for its sensory content and frequent usage of nontraditional tonalities. The prominent French literary style of his period was known as Symbolism, and this movement directly inspired Debussy both as a composer and as an active cultural participant.

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