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Clair de Lune
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'Clair de Lune' is one of the most famous piano works by Claude Debussy. Strictly speaking, it is the third movement of the four-movement 'Suite bergamasque'. Due to its fascinating tonal poetry and its moderate technical demands it soon became one of the most popular and most frequently performed individual pieces by Debussy, which is why the Wiener Urtext Edition now publishes a separate edition on the occasion of the composer's 150th birthday. Debussy's music reflects the poem of the same name, 'Clair de Lune', by Paul Verlaine which outlines the landscape of the soul of a faraway Arcadia in which reminiscences of the ancient 'fêtes galantes' of the 'ancien régime' are combined with the modern sound experiments of the fin de siècle. In this edition, Verlaine's poem is printed not only in the original French version, but also in German and English translations preceding the musical text.
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The Wiener Urtext Edition is a scientific critical edition for prac-tice and differs from other editions declared as "original text" in that it contains extensive textual informa-tion in German and English (partly French):
Its preface informs about the work, its genesis and significance for the history of music, about written records and problems of the wording of the text as well as about the respective method applied for editing. Despite their necessary briefness, the critical annotations clearly account for editorial decisions and mention textual divergence going back to the author himself. The music text itself was produced on the basis of an exact checking of all sources by experienced musico-logists. Autographs, first editions, copies and patterns for engravings were used.
In some cases, these materials were analysed completely for the first time. Editions for teaching, studies, concert practice, including comprehensive information about the works by detailed introductions and editorial notes and notes on interpretation. Prepared for practice by interpreters resp. educationalists of international repute.
