What is the meaning of Ariettes Oubliees?
Forgotten Songs
Ariettes oubliées (Forgotten Songs) is a song cycle for voice and piano, L. 60 by Claude Debussy, based on poems by Paul Verlaine. The six ariettes were composed mostly in Rome in 1886.
Who composed Ariettes Oubliees?
Claude DebussyAriettes oubliées / ComposerClaude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wikipedia
What is an ariette?
Originally the French form of the Italian arietta, the word ariette came to signify a particular form of short aria, of lively character. The word is used in the descriptive title of French comic operas in the later 18th century, comédie mêlée d’ariettes, dialogue interspersed with songs.
When did Claude Debussy compose Clair de lune?
1890
About this Piece Debussy originally wrote the piano pieces of Suite bergamasque around 1890, but made many changes before he published it in 1905. Among those changes was the title; there was no “Clair de lune” in the original version.
Why was La Mer written?
Trent Reznor wrote this song during his time at an ocean side home where he said he was trying to write music, but in reality he was also suicidal, and La Mer was the only song he managed to write during this time.
Is Clair de Lune a sad song?
The original title of Clair de Lune was actually Promenade sentimentale (Sentimental stroll), after a different Verlaine poem from an 1866 collection called Paysages tristes (Sad Landscapes). This poem is more likely to have been the inspiration for the music.
Who wrote the song La Mer?
Charles Trenet
Albert Lasry
La Mer/Composers
Is La Mer the same as Beyond the Sea?
“Beyond the Sea” is the English-language version of the French song “La Mer” by Charles Trenet, popularized by Bobby Darin in 1959. While the French original was an ode to the sea, Jack Lawrence – who composed the English lyrics – turned it into a love song.