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Title	Debussy's Clair de Lune for Clarinet and Piano
Article no.	3071383
Category	Educational and/or solo works
Subcategory	Clarinet solo
Instrumentation	Clr (Bb clarinet)
Instrumentation/info	Sheet, Solo w/Accomp, Classics
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Composer	Debussy, Claude
Arranger	Robbins, Jonathon
Additional info/contents	Clair de Lune, the third and most famous movement from Debussy's Suite Bergamasque is now available for brass and reed instruments with Piano Accompaniment. Composed in 1890 when Debussy was 28 years old, this masterpiece was not published until 1903. For decades, Clair de Lune has been featured in films, commercials, and television shows and has most recently experienced a popular revival in movies such as Ocean's Eleven and Twilight. Originally written for piano, this challenging classic is arranged for Trumpet, Clarinet, Flute or Violin, Alto Saxophone or Trombone with piano accompaniment. This intermediate Clarinet solo is meant to impress and is ideal for recitals, auditions or any concert performance. It is widely believed that Debussy was inspired by the Paul Verlaine poem of the same name. The quiet, rolling melody and fantastical nature of the mood it evokes speaks to the dream-like landscape that Verlaine references where costumed figures dance and play in the moonlight. Clair de Lune by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896) Translation Votre âme est un paysage choisi Your soul is a chosen landscape Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques Where charming masked and Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi costumed figures go Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques. Playing lute and dancing and almost Sad beneath their fantastic disguises. Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur All sing in a minor key L'amour vainqueur et la vie opportune Of all-conquering love and careless fortune Ils n'ont pas l'air de croire à leur bonheur They do not seem to believe in their happiness Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune, And their song mingles with the moonlight. Au calme clair de lune triste et beau, The still moonlight, sad and beautiful, Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres Which gives the birds to dream in the trees Et sangloter d'extase les jets d'eau, And makes the fountain sprays sob in ecstasy, Les grands jets d'eau sveltes parmi les marbres. The tall, slender fountain sprays among the marble statues. Claude Debussy was born in St. Germain-en-Laye, France, on August 22, 1862; died in Paris, France on March 25, 1918. Although he disagreed with the title, Debussy is often regarded as the creator of musical impressionism. He denied that his aims should be described as such. However, it is undeniable that after his early regard for Wagner vanished, he came under the influence of Mallarme, Verlains, etc., and coloring became more important to him than form. Debussy's use of the pentatonic and whole-tone scales as well as consecutive intervals of various kinds, lent his music an uncommon coloring. Since his style lends itself to imitation, many feel that it is a dead-end that leads to no further developments. Yet successful composers like Ravel, Bartok and Stravinsky have all found inspiration in Debussy's pieces. Instead of leading to further developments in Impressionism, the composers turned it in new directions such as Neo-Classicism, Expressionism, Serial Music, etc.
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