Clair de Lune
Your soul is a chosen landscape On which masks and Bergamasques cast enchantment as they go, Playing the lute, and dancing, and all but Sad beneath their fantasy-disguises. Singing all the while, in the minor mode, Of all-conquering love and life so kind to them They do not seem to believe in their good fortune, And their song mingles with the moonlight, With the calm moonlight, sad and lovely, Which makes the birds dream in the trees, And the plumes of the fountains weep in ecstasy, The tall, slender plumes of the fountains among the marble sculptures.
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“Clair de lune” (French for “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.
READ MORE: Clair de lune (poem) – Wikipedia
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Tag: Debussy’s Clair de Lune At Sunnyside
Happy Sunday! 🙂
~Sunnyside
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I love the post. I used to play classical piano and studied at both Southern Illinois University as well as DePaul School of Music in Chicago. I only studied for two years at the university level, as life took me in other directions. I have never lost my love of the classics, though. This was a piece that I played regularly as a teen and hearing it always makes me think back to that chapter in my life. Thank you so much. 🙂
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My pleasure, Sheila! Thanks for sharing your memories. 🙂
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Reblogged this on penwithlit and commented:
Lovely!!
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Happy Sunday, Sunnyside!!! Thank You for all of this! SOOO beautiful! 💕
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My pleasure, Katy! Have a wonderful evening. 🙂❤️
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Thanks! You too!!! 🤗
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Love this one.
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🙂❤️
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Beautiful. I love Clair de lune.
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😎❤️
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