''Clair de Lune'' is French for "

Moonlight Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes. History The ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras was aware that "''the sun provides the moon with its ...

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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 Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalist school, depicting human lives, destinies and s ...

* ''Clair de lune'', a 1921 play by

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 society reputa ...

, filmed in 1932 * ''Claire de Lune,'' a 1962 novel by

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 about the life of the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. This book was the basis ...

* "Claire de Lune", a short story by Steven Millhauser from the 1998 short story collection '' The Knife Thrower and Other Stories''

Music

Classical music

* "Clair de lune" (Debussy), a piano piece by Claude 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 "Clair de Lune''"'', by

Abel Decaux Abel-Marie Alexis Decaux (11 February 1869 – 19 March 1943) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue, best known for his piano suite ''Clairs de lune'', some of the earliest pieces of dodecaphony. A student of Théodore Dubois, Jules M ...

(1907) * Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27, No. 2 (1801), the "Moonlight" piano sonata by Beethoven, known in French as ''Sonate au Clair de lune''

Contemporary popular music

* "Clair de Lune" (song), a 2012 song by

Flight Facilities Flight Facilities is an Australian electronic music production duo that also performs as Hugo & Jimmy. In 2009, they began mixing songs by other artists before crafting their own original material. The duo consists of Hugo Gruzman and James Lye ...

* "Clair de Lune", a 2015 song by

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, four of the band members formed Soda Blonde while Steve Appleby went on ...

* "Clair de Lune", from '' The Epic'' by Kamasi Washington

Other uses

* Claire de Lune (typeface), a typeface by Debriey * Ultrakill 1-4,a game made by Hakita

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