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Debussy, Claude Achille : Préludes 2　"La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune"

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Music ID : 22382
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：prelude
Total Playing Time：4 min 00 sec
Copyright：Public Domain

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Author : Shiraishi, Yuriko

Last Updated: January 28, 2020
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

In December 1912, the journalist René Puaux (1878-1937) contributed an article to Le Temps newspaper about the coronation of King George V of England as Emperor of India. The piece is said to have been inspired by the wording of that text. The moonlight, represented by a chordal motif based on the French folk song 'Au clair de la lune' in the opening two measures and a descending melody illuminating the ground from the sky, gradually expands its range and intensifies its light after a lively passage with dotted rhythms (measures 10-12). This intensity peaks in measures 28-31, after which it recedes to a faint glow.

[Musical Example: Opening]

Writer: Shiraishi, Yuriko

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