drs3chiaki:Task 1. Textured Night… the pictorial world of Watteau, transported and transformed by Ve
drs3chiaki:Task 1. Textured Night… the pictorial world of Watteau, transported and transformed by Verlaine into his own highly imaginative poetic creation, is recreated in music in the subtle, evocative compositions of Debussy (Orledge, 1981).The oil painting Love in the Italian Theater (L’Amour au théâtre italien) on top produced by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) in 1714. In his career, ‘theatre’ was his subject matter, and in this painting, he depicted a moon behind the people. Afterwards, a poet Paul Verlaine released a “petite suite” Fêtes galantes (1896), including a poem called Clair de lune shown in the very first in the book. Later it inspired Debussy to create one of his most famous music Clair de lune (1905).Below is the English translation of the poem Clair de lune. MoonlightYour soul is a select landscapeWhere charming masqueraders and bergamaskers goPlaying the lute and dancing and almostSad beneath their fantastic disguises.All sing in a minor keyOf victorious love and the opportune life,They do not seem to believe in their happinessAnd their song mingles with the moonlight,With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,That sets the birds dreaming in the treesAnd the fountains sobbing in ecstasy,The tall slender fountains among marble statues.Debussy’s Piano Music: Some Second Thoughts and Sources of Inspiration. Robert Orledge. The Musical Times, Vol. 122, No. 1655 (Jan., 1981), pp. 21+23-27Jean-Antoine Watteau, Love in the Italian Theater (L’Amour au théâtre italien 1716. Oil on canvas; 14-5/8 x 18-7/8 inches. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.Verlaine, Paul (4 Sep 2006). Clair De Lune. Poetry X, Edited by Jough Dempsey. Retrieved 20 Oct. 2013 from http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/15244/Claude Debussy, “Clair de lune” (1905). -- source link