I have had many requests for easy sheet music to Debussy’s Clair de lune, and so have transposed it to C and simplified it for the intermediate piano student. I have also arranged a one-page EASY version of Clair de lune for the beginner.
CLICK HERE TO PRINT Clair de lune (intermediate and/or easy)Note: I can only keep each free sheet music arrangement on my website for a year. But I have reissued it here.
Here is a performance of this intermediate arrangement of Clair de lune:
Clair de lune, (translation: “moonlight”) is the third movement from the Suite bergamasque by French composer Claude Debussy. It has been featured in many films for its beautiful, emotive quality. I have written in fingering, but as always it is only a suggestion, and you can change it per your own comfort.
Labor Day feels like the beginning of the end of summer. Are you sorry to feel the air chilling and the days shortening? Autumn is my favorite season so I am happily anticipating the days ahead. Perhaps you or your students can learn Clair de lune to play for your family on Thanksgiving! Remember that sharing your music is a gift to your loved ones, and planning to play for an event is a great way to get motivated to practice.
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Clair de lune - Sheet Music
Below you will find the characteristics of the score of the piano piece Clair de lune for free download in PDF format.
- Composer: Claude Debussy
- Category: classical music, romantic
- Level: beginner
- Status: Free sheet music
- Volume: 1
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Clair de lune - Presentation
Clair de lune is a composition for piano created by the musician and pianist Claude Debussy between 1890 and 1905. It is part of a more general work entitled Suite bergamesque, which is the most famous composition of its author. It is divided into four main movements: Prelude, Minuet, Clair de lune and Passepied. As you can see, Clair de lune is the fourth movement of the Suite bergamesque. As soon as it was published, the work met with great success in musical circles as well as among the general public. Today, Clair de lune is Debussy’s most popular composition. It has become an integral part of our contemporary culture through its numerous repetitions in film productions.
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