This is one of my all time favorite classical music pieces. It has been used in many a movie and TV show and it's beauty is hard to ignore. The song is Claire de Lune and it's composer is Claude Debussy. It is the third movement of his Suite bergamasque and the first two movements and the fourth movement are beautiful in their own right, but it's Claire de Lune that stands out so vividly from the others.
Today is Claude Debussy's birthday and as a tribute I thought I would place his most famous (and one of my most favorite) piece in my blog. Claire de Lune means moonlight in French, so tonight I will gaze upon the full moon as this plays in honor of the man. I have some great and lasting memories associated to this song, for that I thank you Mr. Debussy, and Happy Birthday!
The very first time I heard this piece I couldn't keep the tears contained. It brought the memory of my father so vividly back to mind and it crushed me. I have loved this piece entitled Spiegel Im Spiegel ever since. It's a very deliberate piece that never changes tempo and it's about ten minutes long in length. it's just a piano and cello and though the original piece was written for piano and violin, the cello adds more gravitas.
The composer is Arvo Part and he wrote Spiegel Im Spiegel, which means Mirror(s) In The Mirror back in 1978. It has been used in a number of movies because it's such a poignant piece. It sounds like it was tailor made for the movies. Arvo Part is from Estonia and he wrote this piece just before leaving Estonia, putting his sadness into music.
This piece always reminds me of my father and it always will. It represents my sadness in missing him like nothing else I have ever come across. I don't know what this song will represent for you, perhaps nothing, perhaps everything. I hope you enjoy it though as much as I do.
