Au clair de la lune Au clair de la lune "" (, lit. "By the Light of the Moon") is a French folk song of the 18th century. Its composer and lyricist are unknown. Its simple melody () is commonly taught to beginners learning an instrument. Some sources report that "plume" (pen) was originally "lume" (an old word for "light" or "lamp"). 19th-century French composer Camille Saint-Saëns quoted the first few notes of the tune in the section "The Fossils", part of his suite "The Carnival of the Animals". Claude Debussy, composer of the similarly named "Clair de lune" from his "Suite bergamasque", uses "Au
Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (Shostakovich) reconstructed form, consists of the following movements: Until recently, another eight-movement Suite by Shostakovich had been misidentified and recorded as the second Jazz Suite. This work is now correctly known as the "Suite for Variety Orchestra" (post-1956), from which the "Waltz No. 2" was made famous by the soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut", and which has become associated with the "Jazz Suite No. 2". Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (Shostakovich) The Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 () is a suite by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was written in 1938 for the newly founded State Jazz Orchestra of