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Clair de lune de Paul Verlaine (Poetry reading/lecture de poèmes) english sbt.
Clair de lune de Paul Verlaine
Lecture: Dana Andreea Nigrim http://www.dananigrim.com
Peintures de Jean-Antoine Watteau
Musique: Clair de lune de Gabriel Fauré
Clair de lune
Votre âme est un paysage choisi
Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques
Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi
Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.
Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur
L’amour vainqueur et la vie opportune,
Ils n’ont pas l’air de croire à leur bonheur
Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune,
Au calme clair de lune triste et beau,
Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres
Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau,
Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.
Translation source: http://allpoetry.com/poem/8538095-Clair-De-Lune-by-Paul-Verlaine
En sourdine de Paul Verlaine
https://www.youtub...
published: 02 Mar 2016
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The Story Behind "Clair de Lune" by Debussy
The Story Behind "Clair de Lune" by Debussy
"Clair de Lune," composed by the renowned French composer Claude Debussy, is one of the most celebrated and recognizable pieces in the classical music repertoire. Its creation is steeped in the artistic and cultural milieu of late 19th and early 20th century France.
Debussy composed "Clair de Lune" as the third movement of his four-movement Suite Bergamasque, completed in 1890 when he was just 28 years old. The suite, initially composed for solo piano, was not published until 1905, five years after Debussy made some revisions to the work.
The composition of "Clair de Lune" was heavily influenced by various artistic and literary movements of the time, particularly Impressionism. Debussy was associated with the Impressionist movement in music, ...
published: 20 Sep 2023
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"Claire de Lune," by Paul Verlaine
poem--translated by Gertrude Hall. Images from wikimedia commons. Painting of moon by van der Poel. Painting of Verlaine by Courbet. Verlaine: 1844-1896. Music is from "Sereno" by Qusic, free MP3 download, lastfm.com, grateful acknowledgement.
published: 16 Jan 2012
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the claire of clair de lune | spoken word poetry
Hi guys! Firstly, I want to apologize for the bad quality background. It's hard to find clips to use that fit my theme, but I'm trying to get better. This poem has more to do with my interpretation of the piano classic, clair de lune. It talks about a young woman who is trying to find her way in a world where she's constantly told what to do.
Poem:
The moonlight shines against her skin, rippling off of her movements
In a daze, her hands twirl with the night stars
Her foot slides in front of her, while her arm slowly tilts behind her head
Closing her eyes, she feels her heart humming the melody
Her body follows, exposing her delicate flesh to the harsh chill
She feels the loose dress slipping through her fingers
Her curls serenade her gracefulness
She knew she looked beautifully perfect...
published: 10 Feb 2021
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Clair De Lune, by Paul Verlaine | Mayberry Bookclub
#booktube Poetry review.
published: 12 Dec 2019
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Debussy plays Debussy | Clair de Lune (1913)
Claude-Achille Debussy - Clair de Lune (Mondglanz, Mondschein, Moonlight), Suite Bergamasque, Debussy, piano. The Suite bergamasque was first composed in 1890-1905.
"Claude Debussy Plays His Finest Works"
Claude Debussy, Piano Roll, 1913.
NOTE: This is NOT an ACOUSTIC RECORDING. This is a recording obtained by PIANO ROLL, see further details below. But acoustic recordings were made by Debussy with Mary Garden and you can hear here: https://youtu.be/W3NX_TrxfVk?t=1h17m25s (tempo 01:17:25)
From 1903 to 1913, Claude Debussy recorded several of his own pieces on piano rolls. Debussy was delighted with the reproduction quality, saying in a letter to Edwin Welte: “It is impossible to attain a greater perfection of reproduction than that of the Welte apparatus. I am happy to assure you in these...
published: 21 Nov 2017
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Debussy: Clair de lune | Menahem Pressler, piano
Drenched in the light of the moon: Claude Debussy’s “Clair de lune” is an ode to the night sky. It’s one of the French composer’s best-known pieces and it was given an emotional interpretation on 17 October 2012 at a concert in the Salle Pleyel in Paris by piano virtuoso Menahem Pressler (1923 - 2023), who was almost 90 years old at the time.
The French composer Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) is a representative of musical Impressionism. Debussy was fond of subject matter from nature such as sea, clouds and snow and attempted to inject these phenomena of nature with musical character, whereby a formal freedom was of particular importance to him. Claude Debussy was an individualist who wasn’t afraid to ruffle feathers. He started getting noticed in 1894 with the orchestral work “Prélude à l´...
published: 23 Mar 2024
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WILLIAM FAULKNER poem Claire de Lune
⭐ recording: Rita Ro
William Faulkner was an American writer, novelist and poet.
Born in New Albany, Mississippi.
poem "Claire de Lune"
#poetry
published: 17 Sep 2022
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French Diction Tutorial of "Clair de lune" by Fauré.
For more IPA : frenchdiction.substack.com
Email : [email protected]
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French diction tutorial of : Clair de lune
Composer : Fauré
Poet : Verlaine
A quick note about the IPA subtitles. The symbol "~" is what I use for both liaison and legato linking. The standard way of writing out the IPA is somewhat unsatisfactory. For example the IPA for:
Les américains (the Americans) would normally be written:
[lez ameʀikε̃] or [le zameʀikε̃]
but I prefer [le~z~ameʀikε̃]
with the liaison consonant in between two "~"s. In this way, one is able to pronounce each word separately, yet good legato is encouraged when said together.
As every syllable begins with a consonant, the use of the symbol "~" used for linking is shown in the following...
published: 01 Aug 2013
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Claude Debussy - "Clair de Lune" for voice and piano (audio + sheet music)
"Clair de Lune" is a French poem written by French poet Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) in 1869. While it is the inspiration for the third and most famous movement of "Suite bergamasque" (1890) of the same name by French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918), that is not the piece featured here; it should not be confused with the 18th-century French folk song "Au clair de la lune" as well. This is an art song composed by Debussy 8 years before his more famous "Clair de lune" from "Suite bergamasque" was written down.
Here is an English translation of the lyrics:
Your soul is a chosen landscape
Where charming masqueraders and bergamaskers go
Playing the lute and dancing and almost
Sad beneath their fanciful disguises.
All sing in a minor key
Of victorious love and the opportune life,
They do not...
published: 24 May 2015
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Clair de lune de Paul Verlaine (Poetry reading/lecture de poèmes) english sbt.
Clair de lune de Paul Verlaine
Lecture: Dana Andreea Nigrim http://www.dananigrim.com
Peintures de Jean-Antoine Watteau
Musique: Clair de lune de Gabriel Faur...
Clair de lune de Paul Verlaine
Lecture: Dana Andreea Nigrim http://www.dananigrim.com
Peintures de Jean-Antoine Watteau
Musique: Clair de lune de Gabriel Fauré
Clair de lune
Votre âme est un paysage choisi
Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques
Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi
Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.
Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur
L’amour vainqueur et la vie opportune,
Ils n’ont pas l’air de croire à leur bonheur
Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune,
Au calme clair de lune triste et beau,
Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres
Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau,
Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.
Translation source: http://allpoetry.com/poem/8538095-Clair-De-Lune-by-Paul-Verlaine
En sourdine de Paul Verlaine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hl5dmVHJf8&t=25s
Poetry reading ...and music
http://akattara.blogspot.ca/
https://wn.com/Clair_De_Lune_De_Paul_Verlaine_(Poetry_Reading_Lecture_De_Poèmes)_English_Sbt.
Clair de lune de Paul Verlaine
Lecture: Dana Andreea Nigrim http://www.dananigrim.com
Peintures de Jean-Antoine Watteau
Musique: Clair de lune de Gabriel Fauré
Clair de lune
Votre âme est un paysage choisi
Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques
Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi
Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.
Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur
L’amour vainqueur et la vie opportune,
Ils n’ont pas l’air de croire à leur bonheur
Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune,
Au calme clair de lune triste et beau,
Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres
Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau,
Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.
Translation source: http://allpoetry.com/poem/8538095-Clair-De-Lune-by-Paul-Verlaine
En sourdine de Paul Verlaine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hl5dmVHJf8&t=25s
Poetry reading ...and music
http://akattara.blogspot.ca/
- published: 02 Mar 2016
- views: 23677
2:04
The Story Behind "Clair de Lune" by Debussy
The Story Behind "Clair de Lune" by Debussy
"Clair de Lune," composed by the renowned French composer Claude Debussy, is one of the most celebrated and recogni...
The Story Behind "Clair de Lune" by Debussy
"Clair de Lune," composed by the renowned French composer Claude Debussy, is one of the most celebrated and recognizable pieces in the classical music repertoire. Its creation is steeped in the artistic and cultural milieu of late 19th and early 20th century France.
Debussy composed "Clair de Lune" as the third movement of his four-movement Suite Bergamasque, completed in 1890 when he was just 28 years old. The suite, initially composed for solo piano, was not published until 1905, five years after Debussy made some revisions to the work.
The composition of "Clair de Lune" was heavily influenced by various artistic and literary movements of the time, particularly Impressionism. Debussy was associated with the Impressionist movement in music, which sought to capture moods, atmospheres, and sensory experiences through music. This departure from the more rigid and structured forms of classical music marked a significant shift in the world of composition.
Debussy's inspiration for "Clair de Lune" may have come from a poem of the same name written by the French poet Paul Verlaine. Verlaine's poem, published in 1869 as part of his collection "Fêtes galantes," is a lyrical exploration of a moonlit night and the romantic sentiments it evokes. Although Debussy didn't set the poem to music, the poem's imagery and mood likely influenced his composition.
Over the years, "Clair de Lune" has transcended its origins as a piano piece and has been arranged for various instruments and ensembles. Its timeless beauty and emotional depth have made it a popular choice for weddings, film soundtracks, and cultural events.
#debussy
#piano
#clairdelune
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The Story Behind "Clair de Lune" by Debussy
"Clair de Lune," composed by the renowned French composer Claude Debussy, is one of the most celebrated and recognizable pieces in the classical music repertoire. Its creation is steeped in the artistic and cultural milieu of late 19th and early 20th century France.
Debussy composed "Clair de Lune" as the third movement of his four-movement Suite Bergamasque, completed in 1890 when he was just 28 years old. The suite, initially composed for solo piano, was not published until 1905, five years after Debussy made some revisions to the work.
The composition of "Clair de Lune" was heavily influenced by various artistic and literary movements of the time, particularly Impressionism. Debussy was associated with the Impressionist movement in music, which sought to capture moods, atmospheres, and sensory experiences through music. This departure from the more rigid and structured forms of classical music marked a significant shift in the world of composition.
Debussy's inspiration for "Clair de Lune" may have come from a poem of the same name written by the French poet Paul Verlaine. Verlaine's poem, published in 1869 as part of his collection "Fêtes galantes," is a lyrical exploration of a moonlit night and the romantic sentiments it evokes. Although Debussy didn't set the poem to music, the poem's imagery and mood likely influenced his composition.
Over the years, "Clair de Lune" has transcended its origins as a piano piece and has been arranged for various instruments and ensembles. Its timeless beauty and emotional depth have made it a popular choice for weddings, film soundtracks, and cultural events.
#debussy
#piano
#clairdelune
We are a educational channel specializing in history of classical music.
Our goal is to spread classical music to the greatest number of people.
Explore our channel and listen to more works by Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Haydn, Schumann, Schubert, Vivaldi, Dvorak, Debussy and more! I hope you enjoy it and don't forget to Subscribe. 🎧
🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopClassicalMusic
🔴 WebSite: https://www.melhoresmusicasclassicas.com
- published: 20 Sep 2023
- views: 12270
0:53
"Claire de Lune," by Paul Verlaine
poem--translated by Gertrude Hall. Images from wikimedia commons. Painting of moon by van der Poel. Painting of Verlaine by Courbet. Verlaine: 1844-1896. Music ...
poem--translated by Gertrude Hall. Images from wikimedia commons. Painting of moon by van der Poel. Painting of Verlaine by Courbet. Verlaine: 1844-1896. Music is from "Sereno" by Qusic, free MP3 download, lastfm.com, grateful acknowledgement.
https://wn.com/Claire_De_Lune,_By_Paul_Verlaine
poem--translated by Gertrude Hall. Images from wikimedia commons. Painting of moon by van der Poel. Painting of Verlaine by Courbet. Verlaine: 1844-1896. Music is from "Sereno" by Qusic, free MP3 download, lastfm.com, grateful acknowledgement.
- published: 16 Jan 2012
- views: 5959
3:46
the claire of clair de lune | spoken word poetry
Hi guys! Firstly, I want to apologize for the bad quality background. It's hard to find clips to use that fit my theme, but I'm trying to get better. This poem ...
Hi guys! Firstly, I want to apologize for the bad quality background. It's hard to find clips to use that fit my theme, but I'm trying to get better. This poem has more to do with my interpretation of the piano classic, clair de lune. It talks about a young woman who is trying to find her way in a world where she's constantly told what to do.
Poem:
The moonlight shines against her skin, rippling off of her movements
In a daze, her hands twirl with the night stars
Her foot slides in front of her, while her arm slowly tilts behind her head
Closing her eyes, she feels her heart humming the melody
Her body follows, exposing her delicate flesh to the harsh chill
She feels the loose dress slipping through her fingers
Her curls serenade her gracefulness
She knew she looked beautifully perfect
her pointe shoes tightened their grip on her limbs
For the first time, she stops, her two halves clashing in a war
Everything is closing in on her and there’s no way to turn
She follows the movements mechanized into her brain
Nothingness taking control, a foe to desire
She jumps and leaps but she cries out
Pains of desperation handicapping her
Till she was nothing more than soft whimpers
Her fingers, guided by rebellion, sting against the trap of ribbons
But still, she continues
She takes off her shoes in a fit unlike the pristine porcelain doll she was
Feeling the straps lapping at her ankles, a driving sense of something uncontrollable takes over
She dances and dances and dances
Igniting her passion, her fire
Her breaths are no longer a steady pattern
But something so erratic, something she can’t control
She feels herself getting lost in a daze
Then she tumbles
She tumbles into a waterfall of memories
So quaint yet so chaotic
Surrounding her into a rush that she can only envelop
The flowers greet her with their aromas
She stops to catch her breath and droplets of sweat cling onto her dress
She gazes out at her view, so unrealistic and so ideal
And her laugh rings a sweet melody into the night
Disclaimer: I do not own any clips or music used in this video.
Music credits: https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14032150
https://wn.com/The_Claire_Of_Clair_De_Lune_|_Spoken_Word_Poetry
Hi guys! Firstly, I want to apologize for the bad quality background. It's hard to find clips to use that fit my theme, but I'm trying to get better. This poem has more to do with my interpretation of the piano classic, clair de lune. It talks about a young woman who is trying to find her way in a world where she's constantly told what to do.
Poem:
The moonlight shines against her skin, rippling off of her movements
In a daze, her hands twirl with the night stars
Her foot slides in front of her, while her arm slowly tilts behind her head
Closing her eyes, she feels her heart humming the melody
Her body follows, exposing her delicate flesh to the harsh chill
She feels the loose dress slipping through her fingers
Her curls serenade her gracefulness
She knew she looked beautifully perfect
her pointe shoes tightened their grip on her limbs
For the first time, she stops, her two halves clashing in a war
Everything is closing in on her and there’s no way to turn
She follows the movements mechanized into her brain
Nothingness taking control, a foe to desire
She jumps and leaps but she cries out
Pains of desperation handicapping her
Till she was nothing more than soft whimpers
Her fingers, guided by rebellion, sting against the trap of ribbons
But still, she continues
She takes off her shoes in a fit unlike the pristine porcelain doll she was
Feeling the straps lapping at her ankles, a driving sense of something uncontrollable takes over
She dances and dances and dances
Igniting her passion, her fire
Her breaths are no longer a steady pattern
But something so erratic, something she can’t control
She feels herself getting lost in a daze
Then she tumbles
She tumbles into a waterfall of memories
So quaint yet so chaotic
Surrounding her into a rush that she can only envelop
The flowers greet her with their aromas
She stops to catch her breath and droplets of sweat cling onto her dress
She gazes out at her view, so unrealistic and so ideal
And her laugh rings a sweet melody into the night
Disclaimer: I do not own any clips or music used in this video.
Music credits: https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14032150
- published: 10 Feb 2021
- views: 955
3:51
Debussy plays Debussy | Clair de Lune (1913)
Claude-Achille Debussy - Clair de Lune (Mondglanz, Mondschein, Moonlight), Suite Bergamasque, Debussy, piano. The Suite bergamasque was first composed in 1890-1...
Claude-Achille Debussy - Clair de Lune (Mondglanz, Mondschein, Moonlight), Suite Bergamasque, Debussy, piano. The Suite bergamasque was first composed in 1890-1905.
"Claude Debussy Plays His Finest Works"
Claude Debussy, Piano Roll, 1913.
NOTE: This is NOT an ACOUSTIC RECORDING. This is a recording obtained by PIANO ROLL, see further details below. But acoustic recordings were made by Debussy with Mary Garden and you can hear here: https://youtu.be/W3NX_TrxfVk?t=1h17m25s (tempo 01:17:25)
From 1903 to 1913, Claude Debussy recorded several of his own pieces on piano rolls. Debussy was delighted with the reproduction quality, saying in a letter to Edwin Welte: “It is impossible to attain a greater perfection of reproduction than that of the Welte apparatus. I am happy to assure you in these lines of my astonishment and admiration of what I heard. I am, Dear Sir, Yours Faithfully, Claude Debussy.” More than one century old, these recordings allow us to listen to the great composer playing his own works. Debussy made his last recordings when he was 52 years old and suffering from cancer, in 1913. He died less than five years later, on March 25, 1918.
Rolls for the reproducing piano were generally made from the recorded performances of famous musicians. Typically, a pianist would sit at a specially designed recording piano, and the pitch and duration of any notes played would be either marked or perforated on a blank roll, together with the duration of the sustaining and soft pedal. Reproducing pianos can also re-create the dynamics of a pianist's performance by means of specially encoded control perforations placed towards the edges of a music roll, but this coding was never recorded automatically. Different companies had different ways of notating dynamics, some technically advanced (though not necessarily more effective), some secret, and some dependent entirely on a recording producer's handwritten notes, but in all cases these dynamic hieroglyphics had to be skillfully converted into the specialized perforated codes needed by the different types of instrument.
The playing of many pianists and composers is preserved on reproducing piano roll. Gustav Mahler, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, Teresa Carreño, Claude Debussy, Manuel de Falla, Scott Joplin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Prokofiev, Alexander Scriabin, Jelly Roll Morton and George Gershwin are amongst the composers and pianists who have had their performances recorded in this way.
Claude Debussy's famous Clair de lune is the third piece of the Suite bergamasque for piano, a work whose title was chosen as much for its composer's love of the word-sounds as for its Renaissance implications (though the work can rightly be described as something of a tribute to the French harpsichordists of olden days).
The D flat major of Clair de lune is perfectly chosen, the gleaming melody in parallel thirds (con sordina, Debussy requests) expertly balanced by the beautifully dissonant tempo rubato that follows it. During the un poco mosso middle section of Clair de lune, the music swells far past the pianissimo of the opening, and in its climax one might say that the young composer has crafted more of sunlight than of moonlight; the incessant arpeggios may well be overdone, but one can cherish them all the same. Little wisps of these arpeggios find their way over into the reprise of the opening music, and the rolling tones of the middle section are given a few measures to plead their case once more before the final chromatic cadence, a moment of absolute tranquility, is made.
Clair de Lune is a French poem written by Paul Verlaine in the year 1869. It is the inspiration for the third and most famous movement of Debussy's 1890 Suite bergamasque of the same name. 'Clair de lune' ('Moonlight') is from Verlaine's early collection Fêtes galantes (Gallant Parties, 1869).
Clair de lune
Votre âme est un paysage choisi
Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques
Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi
Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.
Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur
L'amour vainqueur et la vie opportune,
Ils n'ont pas l'air de croire à leur bonheur
Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune,
Au calme clair de lune triste et beau,
Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres
Et sangloter d'extase les jets d'eau,
Les grands jets d'eau sveltes parmi les marbres.
Paul Verlaine
Moonlight
Your soul is a select landscape fair
Where charming masqueraders and bergamaskers go
Playing the lute and dancing and almost
Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.
All sing in a minor key
Of victorious love and the opportune life,
They do not seem to believe in their happiness
And their song mingles with the moonlight,
With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,
Which gives the birds to dream in the trees
And makes the fountain sprays sob in ecstasy,
The tall, slender fountain sprays among the marble statues.
Paul Verlaine
https://wn.com/Debussy_Plays_Debussy_|_Clair_De_Lune_(1913)
Claude-Achille Debussy - Clair de Lune (Mondglanz, Mondschein, Moonlight), Suite Bergamasque, Debussy, piano. The Suite bergamasque was first composed in 1890-1905.
"Claude Debussy Plays His Finest Works"
Claude Debussy, Piano Roll, 1913.
NOTE: This is NOT an ACOUSTIC RECORDING. This is a recording obtained by PIANO ROLL, see further details below. But acoustic recordings were made by Debussy with Mary Garden and you can hear here: https://youtu.be/W3NX_TrxfVk?t=1h17m25s (tempo 01:17:25)
From 1903 to 1913, Claude Debussy recorded several of his own pieces on piano rolls. Debussy was delighted with the reproduction quality, saying in a letter to Edwin Welte: “It is impossible to attain a greater perfection of reproduction than that of the Welte apparatus. I am happy to assure you in these lines of my astonishment and admiration of what I heard. I am, Dear Sir, Yours Faithfully, Claude Debussy.” More than one century old, these recordings allow us to listen to the great composer playing his own works. Debussy made his last recordings when he was 52 years old and suffering from cancer, in 1913. He died less than five years later, on March 25, 1918.
Rolls for the reproducing piano were generally made from the recorded performances of famous musicians. Typically, a pianist would sit at a specially designed recording piano, and the pitch and duration of any notes played would be either marked or perforated on a blank roll, together with the duration of the sustaining and soft pedal. Reproducing pianos can also re-create the dynamics of a pianist's performance by means of specially encoded control perforations placed towards the edges of a music roll, but this coding was never recorded automatically. Different companies had different ways of notating dynamics, some technically advanced (though not necessarily more effective), some secret, and some dependent entirely on a recording producer's handwritten notes, but in all cases these dynamic hieroglyphics had to be skillfully converted into the specialized perforated codes needed by the different types of instrument.
The playing of many pianists and composers is preserved on reproducing piano roll. Gustav Mahler, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, Teresa Carreño, Claude Debussy, Manuel de Falla, Scott Joplin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Prokofiev, Alexander Scriabin, Jelly Roll Morton and George Gershwin are amongst the composers and pianists who have had their performances recorded in this way.
Claude Debussy's famous Clair de lune is the third piece of the Suite bergamasque for piano, a work whose title was chosen as much for its composer's love of the word-sounds as for its Renaissance implications (though the work can rightly be described as something of a tribute to the French harpsichordists of olden days).
The D flat major of Clair de lune is perfectly chosen, the gleaming melody in parallel thirds (con sordina, Debussy requests) expertly balanced by the beautifully dissonant tempo rubato that follows it. During the un poco mosso middle section of Clair de lune, the music swells far past the pianissimo of the opening, and in its climax one might say that the young composer has crafted more of sunlight than of moonlight; the incessant arpeggios may well be overdone, but one can cherish them all the same. Little wisps of these arpeggios find their way over into the reprise of the opening music, and the rolling tones of the middle section are given a few measures to plead their case once more before the final chromatic cadence, a moment of absolute tranquility, is made.
Clair de Lune is a French poem written by Paul Verlaine in the year 1869. It is the inspiration for the third and most famous movement of Debussy's 1890 Suite bergamasque of the same name. 'Clair de lune' ('Moonlight') is from Verlaine's early collection Fêtes galantes (Gallant Parties, 1869).
Clair de lune
Votre âme est un paysage choisi
Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques
Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi
Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.
Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur
L'amour vainqueur et la vie opportune,
Ils n'ont pas l'air de croire à leur bonheur
Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune,
Au calme clair de lune triste et beau,
Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres
Et sangloter d'extase les jets d'eau,
Les grands jets d'eau sveltes parmi les marbres.
Paul Verlaine
Moonlight
Your soul is a select landscape fair
Where charming masqueraders and bergamaskers go
Playing the lute and dancing and almost
Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.
All sing in a minor key
Of victorious love and the opportune life,
They do not seem to believe in their happiness
And their song mingles with the moonlight,
With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,
Which gives the birds to dream in the trees
And makes the fountain sprays sob in ecstasy,
The tall, slender fountain sprays among the marble statues.
Paul Verlaine
- published: 21 Nov 2017
- views: 2348013
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Debussy: Clair de lune | Menahem Pressler, piano
Drenched in the light of the moon: Claude Debussy’s “Clair de lune” is an ode to the night sky. It’s one of the French composer’s best-known pieces and it was g...
Drenched in the light of the moon: Claude Debussy’s “Clair de lune” is an ode to the night sky. It’s one of the French composer’s best-known pieces and it was given an emotional interpretation on 17 October 2012 at a concert in the Salle Pleyel in Paris by piano virtuoso Menahem Pressler (1923 - 2023), who was almost 90 years old at the time.
The French composer Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) is a representative of musical Impressionism. Debussy was fond of subject matter from nature such as sea, clouds and snow and attempted to inject these phenomena of nature with musical character, whereby a formal freedom was of particular importance to him. Claude Debussy was an individualist who wasn’t afraid to ruffle feathers. He started getting noticed in 1894 with the orchestral work “Prélude à l´après-midi d´un faune”; the final breakthrough came with the opera “Pelléas et Mélisande” premiered in 1902.
The piece “Claire de lune” is part of the “Suite bergamasque“ composed by Claude Debussy in 1890. It consists of four movements; “Clair de lune“ is the third of these. The piano suite was first performed in 1905. Claude Debussy often drew inspiration from the poetry of Paul Verlaine – sensitive, somber descriptions of the natural world in accordance with late 19th-century tastes. “Clair de lune” was also inspired by an eponymous poem by Verlaine. This particular movement of the suite is a frequent inclusion on concert programs and is exceedingly popular – not just on stage. “Clair de lune” also features on many movie soundtracks.
The soloist Menahem Pressler was born as Max Pressler in 1923 in the German city of Magdeburg. His family is Jewish. After the Nazis came to power he fled the Holocaust in 1939 with his parents, initially emigrating to Palestine and then to the US in 1940. The other members of his family were murdered by the Nazis. In the year 1946, the young Pressler won the Debussy International Piano Competition in San Francisco, and remained in California thereafter to continue his studies. In 1955, he founded the world-famous “Beaux Arts Trio”. The ensemble went on to make more than 50 recordings. Many musicians played with the trio until it gave its final concert in 2008. Pressler has also been performing as a soloist throughout his life.
Menahem Pressler once said: "I'm still hungry for music." And he remained that way on into old age. The piano virtuoso died in London in 2023 at the age of 99.
A production of LGM Télévision
© EuroArts 2012
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Drenched in the light of the moon: Claude Debussy’s “Clair de lune” is an ode to the night sky. It’s one of the French composer’s best-known pieces and it was given an emotional interpretation on 17 October 2012 at a concert in the Salle Pleyel in Paris by piano virtuoso Menahem Pressler (1923 - 2023), who was almost 90 years old at the time.
The French composer Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) is a representative of musical Impressionism. Debussy was fond of subject matter from nature such as sea, clouds and snow and attempted to inject these phenomena of nature with musical character, whereby a formal freedom was of particular importance to him. Claude Debussy was an individualist who wasn’t afraid to ruffle feathers. He started getting noticed in 1894 with the orchestral work “Prélude à l´après-midi d´un faune”; the final breakthrough came with the opera “Pelléas et Mélisande” premiered in 1902.
The piece “Claire de lune” is part of the “Suite bergamasque“ composed by Claude Debussy in 1890. It consists of four movements; “Clair de lune“ is the third of these. The piano suite was first performed in 1905. Claude Debussy often drew inspiration from the poetry of Paul Verlaine – sensitive, somber descriptions of the natural world in accordance with late 19th-century tastes. “Clair de lune” was also inspired by an eponymous poem by Verlaine. This particular movement of the suite is a frequent inclusion on concert programs and is exceedingly popular – not just on stage. “Clair de lune” also features on many movie soundtracks.
The soloist Menahem Pressler was born as Max Pressler in 1923 in the German city of Magdeburg. His family is Jewish. After the Nazis came to power he fled the Holocaust in 1939 with his parents, initially emigrating to Palestine and then to the US in 1940. The other members of his family were murdered by the Nazis. In the year 1946, the young Pressler won the Debussy International Piano Competition in San Francisco, and remained in California thereafter to continue his studies. In 1955, he founded the world-famous “Beaux Arts Trio”. The ensemble went on to make more than 50 recordings. Many musicians played with the trio until it gave its final concert in 2008. Pressler has also been performing as a soloist throughout his life.
Menahem Pressler once said: "I'm still hungry for music." And he remained that way on into old age. The piano virtuoso died in London in 2023 at the age of 99.
A production of LGM Télévision
© EuroArts 2012
Watch more concerts in your personal concert hall:
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- published: 23 Mar 2024
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WILLIAM FAULKNER poem Claire de Lune
⭐ recording: Rita Ro
William Faulkner was an American writer, novelist and poet.
Born in New Albany, Mississippi.
poem "Claire de Lune"
#poetry
⭐ recording: Rita Ro
William Faulkner was an American writer, novelist and poet.
Born in New Albany, Mississippi.
poem "Claire de Lune"
#poetry
https://wn.com/William_Faulkner_Poem_Claire_De_Lune
⭐ recording: Rita Ro
William Faulkner was an American writer, novelist and poet.
Born in New Albany, Mississippi.
poem "Claire de Lune"
#poetry
- published: 17 Sep 2022
- views: 123
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French Diction Tutorial of "Clair de lune" by Fauré.
For more IPA : frenchdiction.substack.com
Email :
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French diction tutorial...
For more IPA : frenchdiction.substack.com
Email :
[email protected]
Please consider a tip via Venmo : @FrenchDiction
French diction tutorial of : Clair de lune
Composer : Fauré
Poet : Verlaine
A quick note about the IPA subtitles. The symbol "~" is what I use for both liaison and legato linking. The standard way of writing out the IPA is somewhat unsatisfactory. For example the IPA for:
Les américains (the Americans) would normally be written:
[lez ameʀikε̃] or [le zameʀikε̃]
but I prefer [le~z~ameʀikε̃]
with the liaison consonant in between two "~"s. In this way, one is able to pronounce each word separately, yet good legato is encouraged when said together.
As every syllable begins with a consonant, the use of the symbol "~" used for linking is shown in the following way. The IPA for:
par exemple (for example) will be written as:
[paʀ~εgzɑ̃pl]
Of course, it is understood that there is no rest in the music between these two words.
When it comes to the French pronunciation used, I always gave deference to that which was given by the Dictionnaire Larousse (http://www.larousse.fr/).
This includes the pronounciation for such words as:
"les" http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/le/657898?q=les
"là-bas" http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/l%C3%A0-bas/45696?q=la+bas
"heureux" http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/heureux/39765
and the like.
https://wn.com/French_Diction_Tutorial_Of_Clair_De_Lune_By_Fauré.
For more IPA : frenchdiction.substack.com
Email :
[email protected]
Please consider a tip via Venmo : @FrenchDiction
French diction tutorial of : Clair de lune
Composer : Fauré
Poet : Verlaine
A quick note about the IPA subtitles. The symbol "~" is what I use for both liaison and legato linking. The standard way of writing out the IPA is somewhat unsatisfactory. For example the IPA for:
Les américains (the Americans) would normally be written:
[lez ameʀikε̃] or [le zameʀikε̃]
but I prefer [le~z~ameʀikε̃]
with the liaison consonant in between two "~"s. In this way, one is able to pronounce each word separately, yet good legato is encouraged when said together.
As every syllable begins with a consonant, the use of the symbol "~" used for linking is shown in the following way. The IPA for:
par exemple (for example) will be written as:
[paʀ~εgzɑ̃pl]
Of course, it is understood that there is no rest in the music between these two words.
When it comes to the French pronunciation used, I always gave deference to that which was given by the Dictionnaire Larousse (http://www.larousse.fr/).
This includes the pronounciation for such words as:
"les" http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/le/657898?q=les
"là-bas" http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/l%C3%A0-bas/45696?q=la+bas
"heureux" http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/heureux/39765
and the like.
- published: 01 Aug 2013
- views: 28250
2:52
Claude Debussy - "Clair de Lune" for voice and piano (audio + sheet music)
"Clair de Lune" is a French poem written by French poet Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) in 1869. While it is the inspiration for the third and most famous movement of...
"Clair de Lune" is a French poem written by French poet Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) in 1869. While it is the inspiration for the third and most famous movement of "Suite bergamasque" (1890) of the same name by French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918), that is not the piece featured here; it should not be confused with the 18th-century French folk song "Au clair de la lune" as well. This is an art song composed by Debussy 8 years before his more famous "Clair de lune" from "Suite bergamasque" was written down.
Here is an English translation of the lyrics:
Your soul is a chosen landscape
Where charming masqueraders and bergamaskers go
Playing the lute and dancing and almost
Sad beneath their fanciful disguises.
All sing in a minor key
Of victorious love and the opportune life,
They do not seem to believe in their happiness
And their song mingles with the moonlight,
With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,
That sets the birds dreaming in the trees
And the fountains sobbing in ecstasy,
The tall slender fountains among marble statues.
(Wikipedia)
Please take note that the audio AND the sheet music ARE NOT mine. Change the quality to 480p if the video is blurry.
(original audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBv1kpLBDS4)
https://wn.com/Claude_Debussy_Clair_De_Lune_For_Voice_And_Piano_(Audio_Sheet_Music)
"Clair de Lune" is a French poem written by French poet Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) in 1869. While it is the inspiration for the third and most famous movement of "Suite bergamasque" (1890) of the same name by French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918), that is not the piece featured here; it should not be confused with the 18th-century French folk song "Au clair de la lune" as well. This is an art song composed by Debussy 8 years before his more famous "Clair de lune" from "Suite bergamasque" was written down.
Here is an English translation of the lyrics:
Your soul is a chosen landscape
Where charming masqueraders and bergamaskers go
Playing the lute and dancing and almost
Sad beneath their fanciful disguises.
All sing in a minor key
Of victorious love and the opportune life,
They do not seem to believe in their happiness
And their song mingles with the moonlight,
With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,
That sets the birds dreaming in the trees
And the fountains sobbing in ecstasy,
The tall slender fountains among marble statues.
(Wikipedia)
Please take note that the audio AND the sheet music ARE NOT mine. Change the quality to 480p if the video is blurry.
(original audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBv1kpLBDS4)
- published: 24 May 2015
- views: 116797