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Using Imagery In Music - Claude Debussy's Claire de Lune

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You've probably heard about Impressionist painters, but what about Impressionist composers? Their music evokes a mood, a feeling, or even a specific scene, and Peter takes a long hard look at one of the best: French composer Claude Debussy. Masks in the moonlight, a bird dreaming in the trees, and fountains sobbing in ecstasy--it can all be found in Debussy's compositions Claire de Lune, and Moonlight.

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