Clair de Lune

Clair de Lune is French for "light of the moon", or "moonlight". It may refer to:

Literature

• "Clair de Lune" (poem), a poem by Paul Verlaine, published 1869
• Clair de Lune, an 1884 short story collection by Guy de Maupassant
• Clair de lune, a 1921 play by Blanche Oelrichs, filmed in 1932
• Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, a play by Terrence McNally, first performed in 1987
• Claire de Lune, a biographical novel by Pierre La Mure, published in 1962
• "Claire de Lune", a short story by Steven Millhauser from the short story collection The Knife Thrower and Other Stories, published in 1998

Music

• Clair De Lune (band), a rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Classical music

• "Clair de lune" (Debussy), third movement of Suite bergamasque by Claude Debussy, a piano depiction of a Paul Verlaine poem.

The music was featured in the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven as well as the 2019 film, The Aftermath.

• "Clair de lune" (Fauré), from Op. 46 "Two Songs" (1887) by Gabriel Fauré
• Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven), known as 'Au Clair de lune' in French

Contemporary popular music

• "Clair De Lune (Flight Facilities song)", a song by Flight Facilities
• "Clair de Lune", song on the album Madonna by the band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• "Clair de Lune" by Little Green Cars
• "Clair de Lune" by Kamasi Washington

Other uses

• Claire de Lune (typeface), a typeface by Fonderie Deberny & Peignot

See also

• "Au clair de la lune", a French folk song
• Au clair de la lune (film), a 1983 Canadian film directed by André Forcier
• By the Light of the Moon (disambiguation)