Clair de lune (2nd Version)
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn Matava| Song Title | Clair de lune (2nd Version) (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Claude Debussy |
| Author(s): | Paul Verlaine |
| Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Beautiful; Believing; Birds; Bittersweet; Calm; Celebrations; Charming; Conquering; Contrast; Costumes; Crying; Dancing; Disguises; Dreaming; Ecstasy; Fairy tales; Fantasies; Fountains; Happiness; Hiding; Imagery; Imagination; Landscapes; Life; Light; Love; Lutes; Marble; Masks; Melancholy; Metaphor: Soul as Landscape; Minor Key; Moon; Moonlight; Music; Nature; Night; Playing; Sad; Singing; Sobbing; Songs; Sorrow; Souls; Statues; Tall; Trees; Water |
| First Line | Votre âme est un paysage choisi (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1891 - 1892 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16243 |
| Larger Work | Fêtes Galantes I (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Decadent Movement (Search) |
| Original Language | French (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/33/IMSLP14821-Debussy_-_Fêtes_galantes_(voice_and_piano).pdf |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA5FwKz0ieg |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/clair-de-lune-8/ |
| Catalog Designation | L 80 no. 3 (Search) |
| Range: | C#4 - F#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | G# minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Madame Robert Godet (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Hal Leonard (ed. Briscoe) M.; International. (Search) |