Claire de Lune is a 20th century piece by Claude Debussy. It was written in 1860 but was not published until 1905. The piece got its title and was based off of the French poem by Paul Verlaine. The piece was a part of the Suite bergamaque, the most famous suites by Debussy. The suite consisted of four movements: Prelude, Menuet, Clair de lune, and Passepied. Clair de lune was presumed the most famous movement in the suite.
Time Stamp
Event
Significance
0:05
No rhythmic pattern is noticed.
Throughout the song it is very hard to find a set rhythm. The notes are very scattered and it lacks that consistent beat. The beginning of the song has a very quiet and slow feel to it making you feel the emotion between those notes.
1:19
Dissonance
At this part of the song, you start noticing deeper and louder chords being played. They create this darker feel to them because of the dissonance. Immediately following, they are brought together by three higher conjunct sets of …show more content…
The chords would have far leaps and was very relaxed. In this second section, B, we are thrown a lot of moments of conjunction within the chords. The bass line of the piano played with the left hand contains the majority of those conjunct chords. While the right hand plays more disjunct chords at the same time. This creates a more complex part in the song and builds up more emotion from it.
2:48
Form
At this point in the song the second section begins to calm down from its intense middle. We begin to hear a repetition of the first part with a slight difference. The repetition gives the feel that this is the last part of the song. Here signifies the third section which is alike the first therefore making it “A.” With the ABA format we realize this piece is in ternary form
Time Stamp
Event
Significance
0:05
No rhythmic pattern is noticed.
Throughout the song it is very hard to find a set rhythm. The notes are very scattered and it lacks that consistent beat. The beginning of the song has a very quiet and slow feel to it making you feel the emotion between those notes.
1:19
Dissonance
At this part of the song, you start noticing deeper and louder chords being played. They create this darker feel to them because of the dissonance. Immediately following, they are brought together by three higher conjunct sets of …show more content…
The chords would have far leaps and was very relaxed. In this second section, B, we are thrown a lot of moments of conjunction within the chords. The bass line of the piano played with the left hand contains the majority of those conjunct chords. While the right hand plays more disjunct chords at the same time. This creates a more complex part in the song and builds up more emotion from it.
2:48
Form
At this point in the song the second section begins to calm down from its intense middle. We begin to hear a repetition of the first part with a slight difference. The repetition gives the feel that this is the last part of the song. Here signifies the third section which is alike the first therefore making it “A.” With the ABA format we realize this piece is in ternary form