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
Droit de suite and their families, had suffered from the war, and "droit de suite" was a means to remedy socially difficult situations. According to Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, "droit de suite" was created in France following the sale of Millet's 1858 painting, the "Angélus", in 1889 at the Secretan sale. The owner of the painting made a huge profit from this sale, whereas the family of the artist lived in poverty. The 2001/84/EC directive mandates a somewhat uniform system of "droit de suite" across the European Union. This directive is controversial in the United Kingdom. In France, this system is in force