Claude Debussy instead "an exquisite, pellucid style" capable of conveying "not only gaiety and whimsicality but emotion of a deeper sort". In a 2004 study, Mark DeVoto comments that Debussy's early works are harmonically no more adventurous than existing music by Fauré; in a 2007 book about the piano works, Margery Halford observes that "Deux arabesques" (1888–1891) and "Rêverie" (1890) have "the fluidity and warmth of Debussy's later style" but are not harmonically innovative. Halford cites the popular "Clair de Lune" (1890) from the "Suite Bergamasque" as a transitional work pointing towards the composer's mature style. Musicians from Debussy's time onwards have
Suite bergamasque Throughout most of its duration, the piece is played with staccato arpeggios in the left hand. The "Suite bergamasque" has been orchestrated by many conductors, including André Caplet, Leopold Stokowski, and Lucien Cailliet. "Clair de lune" in particular has been arranged for a wide variety of instrumental combinations. One such is Dimitri Tiomkin's arrangement for organ in the score for the 1956 film "Giant". "Clair de lune" was originally set to be included as a fully orchestrated piece in Walt Disney's "Fantasia", but was not included in the final cut of the film due to running time issues, with the