Clair de lune

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Author

Paul Verlaine

Language

French

Year

1869

Country

France

Genre

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem

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"Clair de lune" 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. The poem has also been set to music by Gabriel Fauré, Louis Vierne, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Josef Szulc, and Alphons Diepenbrock.