Nuages

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Nuages is the first movement of Claude Debussy's orchestral work "Nocturnes," evoking shifting cloudscapes through subtle, atmospheric orchestration.

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Label Occurrences
Nuages canonical 3
Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds) 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
orchestral movement
catalogueNumber L. 91
character atmospheric
subtle
composer Claude Debussy
composerNationality French
cycle Nocturnes
dateOfComposition 1897
1898
evokes clouds
shifting cloudscapes
followedByInCycle Fêtes
Sirènes
followsInCycle none
genre orchestral music
influencedBy Impressionist painting
symbolist aesthetics
key B minor
languageOfTitle French
movementNumber 1
notableFeature delicate orchestration
motivic repetition
static harmonic fields
subdued dynamics
use of parallel chords
numberOfMovementsInCycle 3
orchestration orchestra
partOf Claude Debussy’s orchestral repertoire
Nocturnes
partOfPremiereWork Nocturnes
precededByInCycle none
premiereConductor Camille Chevillard
premiereCountry France
premiereDate 1900
1901
premiereEnsemble Orchestre Lamoureux
premiereLocation Paris
stylePeriod Impressionism
late Romantic
subjectMatter atmospheric sky
movement of clouds
tempoIndication Modéré
title Nuages
translatedTitle Clouds
workBy Claude Debussy

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Three of a Perfect Pair hasPart Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds)
linked to: Nuages
Three of a Perfect Pair hasPart Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds)
linked to: Nuages
Clouds originalTitle Nuages
Nocturnes firstMovement Nuages
subject linked to: Clouds