Clair de Lune

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Clair de Lune is French for "light of the moon", or "moonlight". It may refer to:

In literature

• "Clair de Lune" (poem), a poem by Paul Verlaine, published 1869
• "Clair de lune", a poem by French author and poet Victor Hugo
• Clair de Lune, an 1884 short story collection by Guy de Maupassant
• "Clair de Lune," a poem from London Nights, an 1895 collection of poetry by the English author Arthur Symons
• Clair de lune, a 1921 play by Blanche Oelrichs, filmed in 1932
• Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, a play by Terrence McNally, first performed in 1987
• Claire de Lune, a biographical novel by Pierre La Mure, published in 1962
• Claire de Lune, a short story by Steven Millhauser from the short story collection The Knife Thrower and Other Stories, published in 1998

In music

Artists

• Clair De Lune (band), a rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Classical music

• "Clair de lune" (Debussy), third movement of Suite bergamasque by Claude Debussy, a piano depiction of a Paul Verlaine poem
• "Clair de lune" (Fauré), from Op. 46 "Two Songs" (1887) by Gabriel Fauré
• Clair de Lune, Opus 53, No. 5, from "24 Pièces de fantaisie: Deuxième Suite" for organ, by Louis Vierne
• Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven), known as 'Au Clair de lune' in French
• "Clair de lune", Opus 33, for piano (1908), by Belgian composer, Joseph Jongen

Contemporary popular music

• "Clair de Lune", a song by Joseph Kosma, recorded by guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1947.
• "Clair de Lune", a song by Flight Facilities
• "Clair de Lune", song on the album Madonna by the band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• "Clair de Lune / Ballerina", a song on the album Crystal Ball by Styx
• "Clair de Lune" (My Claire de Lune), written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, recorded by Steve Lawrence from the album The Steve Lawrence Show (Columbia 1965)
• "Clair de Lune", a song on the album The Epic by Kamasi Washington
• "Clair de Lune", end of "Freak" by Lana Del Rey, from her album "Honeymoon"
• "Clair de Lune" by Little Green Cars

In other uses

• Claire de Lune (typeface), a typeface by Fonderie Deberny & Peignot

See also

• "Au clair de la lune", a French folk song