Clair de Lune (poem) Clair de Lune (poem) Clair de Lune is a French poem written by Paul Verlaine in 1869. It is the inspiration for the third and most famous movement of Debussy's 1890 Suite bergamasque of the same name; Debussy also made two settings of the poem for voice and piano accompaniment. The poem has also been set to music by Gabriel Fauré and Jozef Szulc. Votre âme est un paysage choisi Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques. Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur L'amour vainqueur et la vie
Suite for Piano (Schoenberg) Suite for Piano (Schoenberg) Arnold Schoenberg's Suite for Piano (German: ), Op. 25, is a twelve tone piece for piano composed between 1921 and 1923. The work is the earliest in which Schoenberg employs a row of "12 tones related only to one another" in every movement: the earlier "5 Stücke", Op. 23 (1920–23) employs a 12-tone row only in the final Waltz movement, and the "Serenade", Op. 24 uses a single row in its central "Sonnet". The Basic Set of the "Suite for Piano" consists of the following succession: E–F–G–D–G–E–A–D–B–C–A–B. In form and style the work echoes many features