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
Cendres de lune time and out of the standards" ("Le Républicain"). "The songs of Mylène fill the air with an atmosphere alternately naughty and sad but very engaging" ("7 à Paris"). "Mylène's voice is exquisite and her accomplices made her sing little ordinary things" ("La Dépêche"). "[Farmer] seduces with sensitive texts, almost surreal, tenderly erotic" ("Le Télégramme"). In France, "Cendres de lune" charted for the very first time in April 1989, after the success of the second album, "Ainsi soit je...". It peaked at number 39 and has sold 367,700 copies to date. Note 9 songs, without "Tristana" and the two remixes Cendres