“Clair de Lune” meaning “moonlight” is French composer Claude Debussy’s best-loved piano piece. Its origins are complex and fascinating, combining influences from poetry, the music of the Baroque period (from around 1600 to 1750), and Impressionism, a style in music following on from that in visual arts. The title comes from a poem of the same name, published in 1869, by the Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine. “Your soul is as a moonlit landscape fair, Peopled with maskers delicate and dim, That play