I decided to do a creative piece on these songs, because I listen to them all of the time. You will hear about how these pictures paint a picture in my mind.                                                                                                                              

Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy…one of my favorite pieces. The dramatic rests, the climbing scales, and the ancient three four time signature mix to make a musical masterpiece. When I hear this poetic piano piece, I see a story. I see the ocean at night. The moon and the stars shimmering off of the midnight blue waves and in the sky, with a white sandy beach in the distance. However when I see this picture perfect world, I see it in an impressionist style painting, because the composition was written in that time period.

           

Let’s go into a little more detail about that painting. A full moon with visible craters, constellations in the sky with it, and wispy clouds, all visible in a midnight blue sky. I can see a forest beyond the white sandy beach, with a castle rising up out of the trees on a mountain. It’s a magical sight to behold. The water ripples as a girl with flaxen hair skips a stone across the water. All in my own painted world. 

Speaking of a girl, there is another of Claude Debussy’s pieces even called The Girl With Flaxen Hair. She is in another painting (but a more realistic painting) of her own. When I hear the piano in this work of musical art I see a softly sloping hill, covered with grain blowing in the wind. You can’t see over the top of the hill, but it must be a sight to behold. You can, however, see a girl at the top of the hill. Her back is turned to you, but she still looks beautiful. She looks like she’s between the age of 16 and 20. Like the golden grain, her golden hair (which reaches halfway down her back) blows in the wind. Her clean but worn white night gown blowing in the same direction as the grain and her hair.

She appears to be holding something in her hands close to her heart. With a closer look, you see that it’s lilacs. The sky above is hazy and filled with dull grey clouds and haze, but it’s daytime.

 This paper just goes to show how powerful music can be. I’ll try to get the links for these songs on my blog, and if you have a song you love, leave a comment.