- 'Clair de lune' (English 'Moonlight') is a poem written by French poet Paul Verlaine in 1869. It is the inspiration for the third and most famous movement of Claude Debussy's 1890 Suite bergamasque. Debussy also made two settings of the poem for voice and piano accompaniment.
- Download MP3 (4.64 Mo): interpretation (by Glen Hoban) 3009x⬇ 13734x. My performance of Claire de Lune. MP3 added the 2012-09-09 by glen-hoban. Performer: Glen Hoban. Add you MP3 interpretation on this page!
“Clair de Lune” is one of the most famous compositions for piano solo by Claude Debussy, which is part of a suite inspired by Paul Verlaine’s poems. Perhaps that is why this music is so emotional and rich in patos. And also in this song I can feel the influences of Liszt, but also that of Satie with her Gymnopedies, that is a very strange thing for such kind of music like that. “Clair de Lune” means moonlight in French and this is the title of a poem by Verlaine that inspires this music full of mystery emblem of French Impressionism. Debussy said that guitar is like an harpsichord but more expressive, so playing this song with classic guitar is great I think.
It's completely free to download and try the listed sheet music, but you have to delete the files after 24 hours of trial. Debussy - Clair De Lune (easy ver). Clair de Lune - Debussy by Claude Debussy Free Listening on SoundCloud.
If you love emotional music like this, I can also recommend listening to “Pavane” by Fauré, who is a French composer whom Debussy certainly has inspired.