Bergamasque suite

The Bergamasque Suite ( French [sɥit bɛʁɡaˈmask] Suite from Bergamo ) is a piano suite by Claude Debussy . It is one of the most famous works by the French composer. The suite was composed in 1890 but was not published until 1905 and consists of four movements :

1. Prelude (prelude, prelude)
2. Menuet (minuet)
3. Clair de Lune (moonlight, moonlight)
4. Passepied

The Prelude is in the key of F major . The second movement is titled Menuet ( A minor ). The third movement is the famous Clair de Lune ( D flat major ) and was originally called Promenade sentimentale , the fourth and last movement is finally the Passepied in F sharp minor .

Clair de Lune

The most famous part of the bergamasque suite is the third movement. The name is very likely inspired by the poem Clair de Lune (French: moonlight or moonlight ) by Paul Verlaine . The title of the suite was probably inspired by the quote “masques et bergamasques” in the second line of the poem.

Use in film

• Walt Disney originally planned to use Clair de Lune in a scene from the musical Fantasia , but the sequence was canceled due to the length of the film. The ready-animated sequence in which the music accompanies the movements of egrets, was established in 1996 from a working copy restored and is in the DVD box set of 2000 Fantasia included.
• In The Stuff the Heroes are Made of (1983) is performed at an event in honor of the Mercury astronauts Clair de Lune , with the dancer Sally Rand gracefully, erotic and mysterious choreographing a swan with two feather fans on stage.
• Clair de Lune is played in many scenes in Federico Fellini's film Fellini's Ship of Dreams ( E la nave va , 1983) .
• Zoff in Beverly Hills 1986
• Clair de Lune can be heard several times as an orchestral version in Frankie & Johnny (1991) with Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino .
• In The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) a pianist plays part of Clair de Lune twice .
• In Seven Years in Tibet (1997) the protagonist ( Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer ) receives a music box from the Dalai Lama , which Clair de Lune plays.
• In The Game (1997) with Michael Douglas , the piece is played in the restaurant scene by an invisible pianist.
• Clair de Lune can be heard as an orchestral version at the end of Ocean's Eleven (2001).
• In Mann unter Feuer (2004) with Denzel Washington , parts of the piece can be heard several times.
• A digital version was used in the soundtrack of Ocean's 13 (2007).
• Furthermore, Clair de Lune in Atonement (2007) with Keira Knightley and James McAvoy played.
• It is also featured in Darjeeling Limited (2007) by Wes Anderson .
• In Tokyo Sonata (2008), the piece is performed by a boy during a foreplay towards the end.
• Clair de Lune can also be heard in the film adaptations of Twilight - Bis (s) zum Dawn (2008), New Moon - Bis (s) zum Noon (2009) and Eclipse - Bis (s) zum Abendrot (2010).
• The piece can also be heard in the credits of The Children of Paris (2010).
• The piece is also played in the opening scene of The Purge (2013).
• As a piano insert in Flatliners (2017).

Use in music

• The piece of music Back From Space by Amon Tobin contains a sample by Clair de Lune .
• The song Angelica by Lamb also includes a sample of the piece.
• The music video for the song "Freak" by Lana Del Rey.

Use in video games

• In The Evil Within game , the piece sounds when you are near a mirror. It's the official soundtrack there.
• The piece is also used in the game Danganronpa V3.

Edits

• For Clair de Lune there are some arrangements for symphony orchestra , e. B. by the French composer André Caplet .
• Furthermore, Clair de Lune was arranged by Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann for 12 cellos. This arrangement was recorded by the 12 cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker .
• numerous arrangements or adaptations for other instrument groups (e.g. big band), including versions for chamber music ensembles and solo instruments. There are also versions with added text and vocal parts.

Passepied

The passepied is the final piece in the piano suite. The tempo ( Allegretto ma non troppo ) is much more nimble than the other movements in the cycle. In its basic timbre it is subtly based on the traditions of the French round dance of the same name from the Baroque era.

Even if it was never able to build on the popularity of Clair de Lune, it can still be heard as background music (as in TV films or documentaries) and was also arranged for a wide variety of instrumental groups.

Web links

• Suite bergamasque : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
• Free notes in cantorion Notes.de .
• Poem Clair de Lune in French and English on English Wikipedia.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ File: PMLP38885-debussy-clair-de-lune-caplet-score.pdf - IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music. In: imslp.org. Retrieved March 26, 2016 . 
2. ↑ CD EMI Classics 6085012 Clair de Lune played by the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic