Claire de Lune, meaning "moonlight" in french recently became popular when it was featured on the Twilight movie soundtrack. Claire de Lune was published as part of a piano suite (Suite Burgamasque) by the french composer Claude Debussy- the suite was completed in 1888.
Claude Debussy was famous for his impressionistic style of composition, impressionistic as in not always having a fully formed melody, but instead just an impression of one. Debussy was greatly inspired by nature and aimed to compose music that created an impression of a landscape.
Claire de Lune speaks gently with romance and color, and I find it has a nostalgic feel to it, it also reminds me of a melody you might hear in a wind-up music box.
The following is a link to a beautiful interpretation of Claire de Lune played by Vladmir Valdivia:
Claire de Lune
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