The World's Most Beautiful Light, Created by One Who Knew Sorrow: Debussy's Masterpiece, 'Clair de lune'

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The World's Most Beautiful Light, Created by One Who Knew Sorrow: Debussy's Masterpiece, 'Clair de lune'

Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque, No. 3) Composed in 1890

Please note: I'm Japanese and still learning English, so I use AI for translations. Doing my best! Feel free to correct me if I make a mistake! 🙏

"They do not believe in their own happiness."

So wrote the French poet Verlaine.
People wearing dazzling masks, dancing gaily, playing lutes.

Yet, beneath those masks, everyone carries an incurable sorrow, weeping within their hearts.

The young Debussy was captivated by this poetic world where "light and shadow" coexisted.

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