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	Clair de Lune, arranged by Dwayne Rice, was composed by Claude Debussy. In 1890, at age 28, Debussy began work on his Suite Bergamasque, a solo piano suite in four movements: Prélude, Menuet, Clair de Lune, and Passepied. Bergamasques were popular masked festivals held in the Bergamo region of Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance, yet Debussy actually took his inspiration from Paul Verlaine’s 1869 poetry collection Fêtes Galantes, which included the following poem, "Clair de Lune" (Moonlight):		Clair de Lune, arranged by Dwayne Rice, was composed by Claude Debussy. In 1890, at age 28, Debussy began work on his Suite Bergamasque, a solo piano suite in four movements: Prélude, Menuet, Clair de Lune, and Passepied. Bergamasques were popular masked festivals held in the Bergamo region of Northern Italy during the Italian Renaissance, yet Debussy actually took his inspiration from Paul Verlaine’s 1869 poetry collection Fêtes Galantes, which included the following poem, "Clair de Lune" (Moonlight):

	“Your soul is a delicate landscape		“Your soul is a delicate landscape<br>
	Where charming masqueraders and Bergamaskers go		Where charming masqueraders and Bergamaskers go<br>
	Playing the lute and dancing and almost		Playing the lute and dancing and almost<br>
	Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.		Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.<br>
	All sing in a minor key
	Of victorious love and the opportune life,		All sing in a minor key<br>
	They do not seem to believe in their happiness		Of victorious love and the opportune life,<br>
	And their song mingles with the moonlight,		They do not seem to believe in their happiness<br>
	With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,		And their song mingles with the moonlight,<br>
	That sets the birds dreaming in the trees
	And the fountains sobbing in ecstasy,		With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,<br>
	The tall slender fountains among marble statues.”		That sets the birds dreaming in the trees<br>
			And the fountains sobbing in ecstasy,<br>
			The tall slender fountains among marble statues.”<br>

	By the turn of the 20th century, Debussy had evolved into a musical innovator whose influence would alter the course of modern music, and some records suggest that the composer came to think less of his earlier suite, resisting its initial publication; only allowing it to reach print in 1905 after substantial revisions.		By the turn of the 20th century, Debussy had evolved into a musical innovator whose influence would alter the course of modern music, and some records suggest that the composer came to think less of his earlier suite, resisting its initial publication; only allowing it to reach print in 1905 after substantial revisions.

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