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Clair De Lune
''Clair de Lune'' is French for "moonlight". It may refer to: Literature * "Clair de Lune" (poem), a poem by Paul Verlaine published in the 1869 collection ''Fêtes galantes'' * ''Clair de Lune'', an 1884 short story collection by Guy de Maupassant * ''Clair de lune'', a 1921 play by Blanche Oelrichs, filmed in 1932 * ''Claire de Lune,'' a 1962 novel by Pierre La Mure * "Claire de Lune", a short story by Steven Millhauser from the 2020 short story collection '' The Knife Thrower and Other Stories'' Music Classical music * "Clair de lune" (Debussy), a piano piece by Debussy, third movement of his ''Suite bergamasque'', L. 75 (1905), inspired by the Verlaine poem * " Clair de lune" (Fauré), setting of the Paul Verlaine poem by Fauré, from his ''Two Songs'', Op. 46 (1887) * ''Clairs de lune'', a set of four piano pieces, each titled "Claire de Lune''"'', by Decaux Decaux, or De Caux, is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Decaux *Abel Decaux (1869–194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clair De Lune (Debussy)
''Suite bergamasque'' ( L. 75) () is a piano suite by Claude Debussy. He began composing it around 1890, at the age of 28, but significantly revised it just before its 1905 publication. The popularity of the 3rd movement, "Clair de lune", has made it one of the composer's most famous works for piano, as well as one of the most famous musical pieces of all-time.Guo, Shulin. A Study of Claude Debussy's Suite Bergamasque: Prelude, Menuet, Clair de Lune and Passepied'. Diss. University of Kansas, 2019. Web. 19 May 2020. Background The composer was initially unwilling to use these relatively early piano compositions because they were not in his mature style, but in 1905 he accepted the offer of a publisher who thought they would be successful, given the fame Debussy had gained in the intervening fifteen years. While it is not known how much of the ''Suite'' was written in 1890 and how much was written in 1905, it is clear that Debussy changed the names of at least two of the pieces. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonlight
Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes. Illumination The intensity of moonlight varies greatly depending on the lunar phase, but even the full Moon typically provides only about 0.05–0.1 lux illumination. When a full Moon around perigee (a "supermoon") is viewed around upper culmination from the tropics, the illuminance can reach up to 0.32 lux. From Earth, the apparent magnitude of the full Moon is only about that of the Sun. The color of moonlight, particularly around full moon, appears bluish to the human eye compared to other, brighter light sources due to the Purkinje effect. The blue or silver appearance of the light is an illusion. The Moon's bond albedo is 0.12, meaning only 12% of incident sunlight is reflected from the lunar surface. Moonlight takes approximately 1.26 seconds to reach Earth's surface. Scattered in Earth's atmosphere, moonlight genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clair De Lune (poem)
"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. The poem has also been set to music by Gabriel Fauré, Louis Vierne, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Josef Szulc Josef Zygmunt Szulc (4 April 1875, Warsaw, Warsaw Governorate, Russian Empire – 10 April 1956, Paris, France) was a composer and conductor. He also used the pseudonym Jan Sulima. Life Born in Poland to a musical family, he began his formal tr ..., and Alphons Diepenbrock. Text poeticized English translation (introductory stanza not literal): we gaze upon the moon our dreams sing in revelry her light plays in air and water dazzling plumes her shadow dances in the branches of trees that line the countryside the soul’s countryside; masks and fantasy masks enchanting, playing lutes and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy De Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, seemingly effortless ''dénouements''. Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. He wrote 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, " Boule de Suif" ("The Dumpling", 1880), is often considered his most famous work. Biography Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant, born on 5 August 1850 at the late 16th-century Château de Miromes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Oelrichs
Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs (October 1, 1890 – November 5, 1950) was an American poet, playwright and theatre actress. Oelrichs first used the masculine pen name Michael Strange to publish her poetry in order to distance her High society (social class), society reputation from its sometimes erotic content, but it soon became the name under which she presented herself for the remainder of her life. Early life Born to Charles May Oelrichs and Blanche de Loosey, Blanche Oelrichs was the youngest of four children. Her Austrians, Austrian mother was the sister of Emilie de Loosey, wife of Theodore Havemeyer. The family spent summers in Newport, Rhode Island, amidst Astor family, the Astors, Vanderbilt family, the Vanderbilts, and numerous other wealthy elites of American society during the Gilded Age. Her sister Natalie, always known as Lily, married and divorced Heinrich Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg (son of Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg), after the premature death of her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre La Mure
Pierre La Mure (15 June 1909 – 28 December 1976) was a French author. La Mure was born in Nice, in department Alpes-Maritimes. He published the 1950 novel ''Moulin Rouge (book), Moulin Rouge'' about the life of the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. This book was the basis of the classic Moulin Rouge (1952 film), 1952 movie of the same name. He later penned the play ''Monsieur Toulouse''; a work centered on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's relationship to Marie Charlet, a prostitute, and his meeting with fellow artist Vincent van Gogh. The play was premiered by the Worthing Theatre Company at the Connaught Theatre in October 1957 with Ian Holm as Toulouse-Lautrec, Gene Anderson (actress), Gene Anderson as Marie Charlet, Elizabeth Spriggs as Madame Loubet, Angela Browne as Leontine, Ivan Stafford as Ernest, and Roland Curram as Van Gogh. La Mure also produced the book ''Beyond Desire (La Mure book), Beyond Desire'' about the life of Cécile and Felix Mendelssohn and the biogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knife Thrower And Other Stories
''The Knife Thrower and Other Stories'' by Steven Millhauser, first published in 1998 by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York City. It is a collection of short stories, some of which were published by various journals, such as The Paris Review, Harper's Magazine, and The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues .... It continues in a similar vein to Millhauser's previous efforts that mix the extraordinary into everyday life. Stories, with previous publishers, if available. *"The Knife Thrower" (''Harper's Magazine'') *"A Visit" (''The New Yorker'') *"The Sisterhood of Night" (''Harper's Magazine'') *"The Way Out" (''Story'') *"Flying Carpets" (''The Paris Review'') *"The New Automaton Theater" (''Canto'') *"Clair de Lune" *"The Dream of the Consortium" (''Harper's Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clair De Lune (Fauré)
"Clair de lune", ("Moonlight") Op. 46 No 2, is a song by Gabriel Fauré, composed in 1887 to words by Paul Verlaine. History Fauré's 1887 setting of the poem was for voice and piano; but in 1888, at the instigation of the Princesse de Polignac, he made a version for voice and orchestra, first performed at the Société Nationale de Musique in April of that year, with the tenor Maurice Bàges as soloist.Nectoux, p. 338 In its orchestral form the song was included in Fauré's incidental music '' Masques et bergamasques'' in 1919. The original published version (Hamelle, Paris, 1888) is in B-flat minor. The song is dedicated to Fauré's friend the painter Emmanuel Jadin, who was a talented amateur pianist.Nectoux, pp. 67 and 540 The pianist Graham Johnson notes that it closes Fauré's second period and opens the doors into his third. Johnson notes that it is "for many people the quintessential French mélodie".Johnson, Graham (2005). Liner notes to Hyperion CD CDA 67334 Lyric The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decaux
Decaux, or De Caux, is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Decaux *Abel Decaux (1869–1943), French classical organist and composer *Alain Decaux (1925–2016), French historian *Alice Decaux (born 1985), French hurdler *Georges Decaux (1930–2015), French cyclist *Jacques Decaux (1918–2003), French sport shooter * Jean-Claude Decaux (1937–2016), French businessman De Caux * Jean Baptiste de Caux of Blacquetot (1723-1796), French army officer * John de Caux, or John de Caleto ( – 1263), Norman-English administrator * Len De Caux (1899–1991), American labor activist * Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux (1773–1845), French army officer See also *Iphigénie Decaux-Milet-Moreau Iphigénie Decaux or Vicomtesse Iphigenie Decaux, née Milet-Moreau (17 June 1778 – 8 July 1862) was a French flower painter. Decaux was born in Toulon as the daughter of Louis Marie de Milet de Mureau. She took lessons from the flower pa ... (1778–1862), French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano Sonata No
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. It was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700. Description The word "piano" is a shortened form of ''pianoforte'', the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from ''clavicembalo col piano e forte'' (key cimbalom with quiet and loud)Pollens (1995, 238) and ''fortepiano''. The Italian musical terms ''piano'' and ''forte'' indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clair De Lune (Flight Facilities Song)
"Clair de Lune" is a song released by the Australian DJ duo Flight Facilities, written by singer-songwriter Christine Hoberg and producers Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell. It features a melodic interpretation of a section of " Clair de Lune" by French composer Claude Debussy. The song was released in October 2012 as the second single from the band's debut studio album, '' Down to Earth'' (2014). The song peaked at number 38 on the ARIA charts and was certified gold in 2013. At the APRA Music Awards of 2013, the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2013, the song was nominated for Best Video.ARIA Award previous winners. The song polled at number 17 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2012. The song polled at number 25 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of the Decade (2010s) in March 2020. Since 2018, the song has been extensively used by Telstra for many of its advertising campaigns. Track listings Digital download # "Clair de Lune" – 7:43 Digital download ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Green Cars
Little Green Cars were an Irish indie rock band formed in Dublin in 2008. The band announced on 21 March 2019 that they were disbanding. In the wake of the band's breakup, several past members formed Soda Blonde. History Little Green Cars were formed in Dublin in 2008. The band members are Stevie Appleby on guitar and vocals, Faye O'Rourke on vocals, Adam O'Regan on guitar, Donagh Seaver O'Leary on Bass and Dylan Lynch on Drums. Since signing with Glassnote Music, the band has toured America and the UK extensively. The US portion of the 2013 tour included a live performance of their single ''Harper Lee'' on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The band has played at the 2013 SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, the Coachella Music Festival in California, Lollapalooza 2013 in Chicago and the 2013 Osheaga festival in Montréal. On 7 January 2016 they announced their second album, ''Ephemera'', going to be released on 11 March 2016 in BBC Radio 1 and played their first single from the alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
