Claude Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

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  • La fille aux cheveux de lin is a musical composition by French composer Claude Debussy. It is the eighth of the composer's Préludes, Book I (1909-1910). The title is in French and translates roughly to "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair". The piece is 39 bars long and lasts about two and a half minutes. It is one of the most recorded of Debussy's pieces, both in its original version and various arrangements. It is in the key of G♭ major.
    Pianist Walter Morse Rummel (1887-1953) gave the premiere of La Fille aux cheveux de lin on 26 July 1910 at the Casino, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
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  • @phyllispetras3369
    @phyllispetras3369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1926

    I played this at my first piano recital in 1953, 12 years old Great shout out to my late piano teacher, Glen Nichols who went to Fountainebleau every summer for master classes with Nadia Boulanger. When we finished the recital, all of us went out for banana splits! Mama bought my pale pink evening gown for $50, with the grocery money! It was pink taffeta underneath and the top layer was embroidered wih silver threads. We dressed up in those days. The boys wore tuxedos. Mama was a good sport for music!. She let my brother's entire drum section practice paradiddles in his bedroom! This is one of my favorite memories. I will turn 81 next January 21, and will try to live longer. Healing and pure joy comes from music. Cheers to all you lovely people.

    • @ayandas8299
      @ayandas8299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Cheers! Those are lovely memories.

    • @mkatharos
      @mkatharos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Thanks for sharing such great memories.☺

    • @christineecheverri4194
      @christineecheverri4194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Thank you for sharing! I wish you could post a photo of you in that dress! Sounds lovely.

    • @christineecheverri4194
      @christineecheverri4194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Also, I realized that now everytime I hear this piece, one of my favs, I will have your memory embedded along with mine! How nice!

    • @rubaelmelik3175
      @rubaelmelik3175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      this is lovely ♥️

  • @nape8198
    @nape8198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3259

    When I was pregnant I played this song to my unborn child. She's now a happy little girl with flaxen hair. And still wants to listen to this song before going to bed sometimes.

    • @flavia3735
      @flavia3735 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      😍

    • @jaytotheell
      @jaytotheell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      that's incredible! really?

    • @nightdrives111
      @nightdrives111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      This is so inspiring for some reason :)

    • @TheOG-B
      @TheOG-B 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      AnjaPer198 I find that a bit hard to believe. Any proof would be like awesome! 🙂

    • @nape8198
      @nape8198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      @@TheOG-B that's okay for me, you shouldnt believe everything you see on the internet 😉 But I neither will upload a video of my daughter here nor a video of pregnant me back then, so sorry, no proof.

  • @blade9585
    @blade9585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1818

    yet another banger from my man claude

  • @zack01598
    @zack01598 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2697

    Debussy was something else. His pieces were THE best that the impressionism era could've ever hoped for.

    • @shiriyahav01
      @shiriyahav01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      agreed

    • @margotboyd5704
      @margotboyd5704 6 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      Debussy was to music what Monet was to paint. :-)

    • @billyves1
      @billyves1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      You forget about the great Ravel Zack, French as well, a wee jazzier at times, indeed...

    • @cram7870
      @cram7870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He was a genius

    • @billyves1
      @billyves1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@cram7870 Well yes, maybe if you say so, which doesn't mean much, apart from you're really keen on him., which I understand. I'd rather say that he certainly was quite a musician, with a deep sens of harmony and contrepoint. Had real sens of palette of colors, painting transcribe in music, his work being much associate with impressionism, apart from it's the same era or a wee later.
      Unfortunately he wasn't much talented with money, was very much in debts all his life, while being rather ecognised if not famous in his time. He wasn't very successful with women as well, whom he very much liked and enjoyed company, but have been somehow messy with them... Like theses very talented artists, who mess around with their life, and have a hard time with it, maybe being too sensitive, not much "les pieds sur terre" (textually : "feet on earth", which in French mean being concrete on and with life, having sens of the real reality...
      Yours, from France ;-)

  • @Stopitpls
    @Stopitpls 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2090

    Reminds me of a distant memory of someone purer than diamond, someone who’s gone, but not forgotten

    • @sp8cey
      @sp8cey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      man, what a huge contrast to that username, i like that metaphor.

    • @andyyang8191
      @andyyang8191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Guys I’m a 13 year old who just played The girl with the flaxen hair. Come checkout my channel to help me out!

    • @s.a.l.1974
      @s.a.l.1974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Elnurə Hüseynova jesus christ

    • @athifyahya
      @athifyahya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@andyyang8191 👍keep up your good work

    • @aldenoraalencar876
      @aldenoraalencar876 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Llpllmpn Lm. N n vc n. Mn. Npl

  • @内田ガネーシュ
    @内田ガネーシュ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +698

    Brings back so many memories, I can smell that time, the summer breeze when I first installed Windows 7.

    • @ohnambu3829
      @ohnambu3829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      True. Damn. This brings back more memories than my old house 😂

    • @whousay4672
      @whousay4672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Treasured memories 💕

    • @eternalclassicsbrothers9636
      @eternalclassicsbrothers9636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great story! I just uploaded this piece too :)

    • @adityabhaskersrivastava5494
      @adityabhaskersrivastava5494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was the Violin version by Richard Stortzman , I was thinking that such a piece of music couldn't be just released 12 years ago or maybe 20 and I was right all along , just a great great piece

    • @angelgjr1999
      @angelgjr1999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great times. Playing as kids in the park, playing with bay blades or Pokémon cards, drinking Capri sun.

  • @natalyaakselaleksander4502
    @natalyaakselaleksander4502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +496

    I don’t know how but song evokes a deep feeling of missing somewhere in England or France in the 1800s. Somewhere near a river, with echoing sounds of laughter, flowers all around. But on the other hand, it evokes loneliness, deep longing, lost love and sadness. It’s a paradox all in all.

    • @joecox1074
      @joecox1074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Maybe it reminds you of the watermill by Vaughan Williams? I get a similar feeling listening to that song as I do to this and the lyrics fit your description very well.

    • @darian2975
      @darian2975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah song can do that to us

    • @estebanpalomares4118
      @estebanpalomares4118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Its universal, fits exactly booth moods

    • @meghanadachepalli6834
      @meghanadachepalli6834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YES YES YES

    • @podlou9939
      @podlou9939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's Debussy pour toi....

  • @swiftassociates
    @swiftassociates 5 ปีที่แล้ว +749

    I fell for this song when I was in college. I was fortunate to go to a college literally next to the ocean and we had a dorm that had a rec. room with a piano in it facing the ocean. The piano was right in front of the window and you could see the ocean from that window. I was slowly getting to get to know a girl that I very much liked at the time and we walked together into the rec. room which was empty. It was the late afternoon almost about to hit evening. She sat down at the piano and I sat next to her and watched as she began to play this song. She definitely had the bluest eyes I had ever seen and as she played this song the sun started to reflect off of the water through the window onto her as she continued to play. It was only her and I in this particular room and the sun turned her blonde hair gold. It was at 1:10 that I will always remember seeing and hearing so much beauty as if I was in some type of story or memory of old. The girl with golden hair, blue eyes, and looking out and seeing the sun's reflection on the water in the late afternoon through the window. I remember just looking at her and thinking this is your song for this moment. I will always hold onto that memory and this song when darker days befall me, even though I was not able to hold on to her.

  • @owengette8089
    @owengette8089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    This unlocks memories that aren’t. It’s so simple, yet strikes a place so deep.

  • @kat5051
    @kat5051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Two years ago, I wasn't eating properly and was suffering from severe insomnia. I used to listen to this song every night on replay as a lullaby. I finally went to the psychiatrist and was told I was suffering from a severe depressive episode. I dropped-out of my university for awhile and paused with my life for a moment, but I'm back on track. Today, I still listen to it when I can't fall asleep, reminds me of how it gets better. :)

    • @fredgarv79
      @fredgarv79 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hope you are doing well, music has a great healing power

    • @mainakroychowdhury5122
      @mainakroychowdhury5122 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hope you're doing well

  • @sunnysmiles8211
    @sunnysmiles8211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    This is Boticelli’s “Birth Of Venus” pictured. So beautiful.

    • @mushroomfairy6905
      @mushroomfairy6905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sunny Smiles omg ur right!!! cool!

    • @sandragamal8727
      @sandragamal8727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was looking for this particular comment! Thank you

    • @AbleBuilders
      @AbleBuilders 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!

    • @maurofilho1503
      @maurofilho1503 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! I was looking for that!

    • @citizensnid3490
      @citizensnid3490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Simonetta Vespucci

  • @reginaldk6522
    @reginaldk6522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    For some reason, the passage between 1:02 - 1:12 really speaks to me on a deep and intimate level. Debussy's compositions are so packed full of emotional, and for me, invoke so much imagery. "La fille aux cheveux de lin" roughly translates to "The Girl with the Flaxen hair", and you can unquestionably feel that being expressed through this piece. So beautiful and elegant. Something that's not easily put into words, but Debussy so eloquently conveys through his music.

    • @tarkklc4039
      @tarkklc4039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Go Get A Life

    • @darjagreynshpol6181
      @darjagreynshpol6181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tarık Kılıç no u

    • @Hexanitrobenzene
      @Hexanitrobenzene 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That passage is exactly what gives this piece it's character.

    • @stoneazg8418
      @stoneazg8418 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beautifully stated Sir...

    • @DiegoIteano
      @DiegoIteano ปีที่แล้ว

      It is exactly the apex of the song. I came hear because this passage caught me while playing Gran Turismo 7.

  • @arushisanumon2903
    @arushisanumon2903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I was in 3rd grade when I got my fathers old laptop. I remember having no internet connection in it, and as a curious 8 year old I went through all of the files to pass time when I stumbled across this masterpiece. I miss those days when I would just relax and chill with no stress and worries holding me back and listening to this music.

  • @SaxtondonaldBuddha
    @SaxtondonaldBuddha 7 ปีที่แล้ว +481

    Claude Debussey wrote some of the best French classical music of the early 20th Century. This is definitely one of his best.

    • @MrLeftfootlouie
      @MrLeftfootlouie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      All I know truly.
      Is that he honestly was in love

    • @Tom19142
      @Tom19142 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lola Mons ahah, you're right

    • @Judge_Magister
      @Judge_Magister 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isnt his music classified in the Romantic period?

    • @williamsonah5667
      @williamsonah5667 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Judge_Magister it's still classical music

  • @tarae.m.9109
    @tarae.m.9109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    There is an ethereal quality to this song which speaks to my soul. As a child I was often referred to as the girl with the flaxen hair. Little did I know then that such a beautiful piece of music had been created. Now I listen with a new appreciation for the innocence of childhood and the memories of those I have loved and lost.

    • @MrLanternland
      @MrLanternland 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Love this comment

  • @bess_e2186
    @bess_e2186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    There is NO version on Spotify like this one... not only is this song soooo special but it’s played so beautifully

  • @spoiledeggnog
    @spoiledeggnog ปีที่แล้ว +27

    it's so comforting yet scary how music can latch on to you and a memory that you have. every time i listen to this piece it's connected to a certain moment in my life that gives me so many sad and sentimental feelings that almost don't feel real.

    • @thankyou62
      @thankyou62 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s beautiful man

    • @mangomerkel2005
      @mangomerkel2005 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's the magic of romantic/impressionistic music. I even found a name for this: Rachmaninoff-feeling

  • @susanwiffill7834
    @susanwiffill7834 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This piece of music came on the tv . My mother said , you know who this reminds me of ? I said , my daughter ? She said no , it reminds me of you . Was surprised . So this is special to me . Didn’t think my mother thought of me so affectionately 🥹☺️😍 when I hear this I always think of the love she had for me and the bond we still have .

  • @beeurself8947
    @beeurself8947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +773

    I dont know why.. but i have to write my pains and thoughts here. It is so hard to live and fulfill your dreams. My parents dont have enough money to support me on my high education... i had so much big dreams when i was a little..
    It is so hard to shrink yourself and give up, just because you have to make money.
    Classical music is masterpiece. Thanks for being with me rn.

    • @kotrynazemaityte2769
      @kotrynazemaityte2769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Bati Buti I understand you perfectly. But never give up on what you desire. If now you don’t have money, it doesn’t mean that this has to stop you. You will find way, if this is your DREAM. I promise :)

    • @beeurself8947
      @beeurself8947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@kotrynazemaityte2769 thank you for your kind words !

    • @martinae34
      @martinae34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      We have free education in my country. Every country should have free education. Are you from the US? Vote for Bernie if you want a change.

    • @1kmilez
      @1kmilez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Dont give up. :) you can do it!

    • @aprilbenilie
      @aprilbenilie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bati Buti I’m glad classical music helps you somehow. I hope you won’t lose hope and still continue dreaming. It’s harder not having any dreams at all. :( You will be okay. Everything will be okay. ❤️

  • @Nox.INkRecords
    @Nox.INkRecords 4 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    It's like watching Debussy paint his music.

    • @ingeborghjertaker1963
      @ingeborghjertaker1963 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The music is not the painting, it’s the feeling you get from seeing the imagery

  • @intergalacticGM
    @intergalacticGM 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    My friend, a 15 years old girl, played this yesterday. She looked happy while playing this, and while listening to this today, I'm feeling some sort of mild joy, nostalgia and peace. Even if I'm much older, I hope we will be friends forever.

  • @dean0.saur.05
    @dean0.saur.05 6 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    This is actually the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

    • @stravinskyfan
      @stravinskyfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Debussy made a lot of masterpieces, and you should listen to those.

    • @grahaminvalencia
      @grahaminvalencia 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @upton_ogood
      @upton_ogood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine - Clair de Lune.. also by Debussy.

  • @bottlesalts
    @bottlesalts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    If i could choose a song to play right as I take my last breath and pass away, this piece would be my choice for sure. It brings so much peace and such a content and happy feeling with it, but also a solum and sad feeing too. Perfect.

    • @bottlesalts
      @bottlesalts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ian Kim *peace

    • @123456789abcdefg432
      @123456789abcdefg432 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      piece* and peace*

    • @bottlesalts
      @bottlesalts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Count_Butter Quoi?

    • @123456789abcdefg432
      @123456789abcdefg432 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bottlesalts piece instead of song.
      peace was fine, but that isn't what Ian Kim was referencing.

    • @bottlesalts
      @bottlesalts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Count_Butter oh, you’re right. My bad

  • @sedonabarkocus5476
    @sedonabarkocus5476 7 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    wow so for two minutes and fifteen seconds I reminisced about what love and friendship really is and it's beautiful and I'm not going to cry I'm just going to bawl internally because Claude Debussy really took me there

    • @marlow7376
      @marlow7376 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sedona Barkocus I can literally point u in the direction of hundreds of songs that will "take u there" but fair warning once u get into classical there's no going back

    • @mrtn6203
      @mrtn6203 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alexander Lonsbrough so true

    • @Bigblackpiano
      @Bigblackpiano 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      please list a few :)

    • @harveyr.specter4755
      @harveyr.specter4755 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@marlow7376 please list them all. ı want to start listening classics

    • @mrtn6203
      @mrtn6203 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lauren dvořák humoresque in g flat op. 101/7

  • @mariuszslawik59
    @mariuszslawik59 5 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    This one is really short, but some pieces just have to be like that. Think of some really powerful few-line poems. Would they still be so strong in conveying emotion if they were longer? Life is not a solid thing - it's made of many short moments glued together, each of them unique and important to the whole. We should learn to cherish the short moments. If you could hold the desired feeling for your whole lifetime would you still know how great it is to experience it for just a while?

    • @trademetrics5323
      @trademetrics5323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mariusz Slawik beautiful sentiments

  • @caitlyncherro6025
    @caitlyncherro6025 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1303

    "Have you not looked at her? She is the prettiest little creature in the world; hair of a silver blond, blue eyes already rebellious and languishing at the same time."
    "But what do you say to this passion?"
    "These first needs of the heart are so imperious, these outpourings of amorous melancholy in young people are at once so sweet and so bitter that they have often all the real marks of passion."
    -Athos, Comte de la Fere.
    Edit: Wow, thanks for all the likes!

    • @ivemcfallen9117
      @ivemcfallen9117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I wish I were blonde, everybody loves 'em

    • @cossaizy6309
      @cossaizy6309 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@ivemcfallen9117 aw dont be so hard on yourself, every hair color is beautiful

    • @kiara5342
      @kiara5342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@cossaizy6309Yes totally !

    • @kiara5342
      @kiara5342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you know the french quote ? Can't find it on internet !

    • @caitlyncherro6025
      @caitlyncherro6025 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kiara5342 Sorry, I only have the English edition of the book :(

  • @NighttParade
    @NighttParade ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I still remember when I first heard this piece, I was 7 years of age. I would listen to this every chance I had it n those old computers in school, even if I got in trouble. I missed hearing it, now 10 years later I see it in my recommendations and I clicked on it because the name sounded familiar, and I recognized it immediately. I have not cried like this in a long time

  • @scworksgreaterupstate7624
    @scworksgreaterupstate7624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I heard this on the radio, and as I was walking out of the room, this piece stopped me in my tracks. So beautiful, and thank God they said the name of the piece and who did it. I have been listening to this quite a lot ever since.

  • @aleksakohler8299
    @aleksakohler8299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I fell in love with someone because of this beautiful masterpiece and now I'm also crying with this over the same person I loved... I still love

    • @Bakey154
      @Bakey154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I broke up with my gf months ago and this song makes me feel like it’s the biggest mistake ever

    • @andrewwolfe1213
      @andrewwolfe1213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Bakey same man, listening to this song made it hard at first and that was over a year ago.
      here I am at 5 am, a year later and she’s in my head again, but this time I smile because of the memories I have and what it means to separate your life from something you feel you can’t be a part of anymore, even if you did want it. Acceptance has been nothing but beneficial for me

    • @aleksakohler8299
      @aleksakohler8299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Bakey154 I hope that on this time, your heart has already been healed or at least a bit better :)

    • @aleksakohler8299
      @aleksakohler8299 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Idle_Hands true, I think we romanticize a lot our heartbreaks just to make ourselves feel better

    • @Bakey154
      @Bakey154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aleksakohler8299 TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS MY FRIEND

  • @marko_c3
    @marko_c3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this piece gives me that same heart-swelling, blissful sensation you get when you look at or think about someone you love.
    it's a love song without words, for all forms of love there is.

  • @pastellayt2882
    @pastellayt2882 5 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    Idk why, but this song reminds me of a movie called "When Marnie Was There"
    Maybe its the title or the feeling of being my the ocean, but it just reminds me

    • @shrisym
      @shrisym 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      same I think of that movie every time I listen to this piece

    • @rayamaya7310
      @rayamaya7310 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@shrisym this song reminds me of nemo-

    • @AlissonSilva-ox4uz
      @AlissonSilva-ox4uz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amazing movie btw

    • @clivenhoule1813
      @clivenhoule1813 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YES! exactly my thought! makes me wonder if they ever used this in the movie and maybe that's why I think of it. I just got goosebumps right now omg.

    • @skyehh3504
      @skyehh3504 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      omg!! i watched this movie when i was younger and i've been trying to find it ever since! bless you for this comment

  • @gwynnielsen5081
    @gwynnielsen5081 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am always happy to see that there are millions of classical music lovers out there.

  • @MaxfieldCustoms
    @MaxfieldCustoms 7 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    This piece is what makes me want to listen to classical music.

    • @IsraelMedrano
      @IsraelMedrano 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Maxfield Brockman DO IT! You'll never go back!

    • @tadstrange1465
      @tadstrange1465 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      This is impressionist actually.

    • @IsraelMedrano
      @IsraelMedrano 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Tad Strange don't be that person. This impressionist music makes him want to listen to classical music because it shares (very) similar characteristics. Is that better?

    • @tadstrange1465
      @tadstrange1465 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      pinkfloyd123100
      I’ll be that guy if I want to.

    • @marlow7376
      @marlow7376 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Only do it if u want to ruin all other genres of music for yourself

  • @geyotepilkington2892
    @geyotepilkington2892 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    So short, so simple, so sweet. This is the sound of memories, hope and happiness.

  • @Youtuber-qb7rx
    @Youtuber-qb7rx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm surprised this song isn't more popular... it's a hidden gem.

  • @michaelgibson4705
    @michaelgibson4705 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How can it be that a piece of music written nearly a 120 years ago in a different time and world can still resonate and move people of today with probably the same feelings,Music is a marvellous thing

  • @robertferns10
    @robertferns10 7 ปีที่แล้ว +867

    Why isn't this piece popular?

    • @Tom19142
      @Tom19142 6 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Murmer Ferret because when it's about Classical Music, most of the people are ignorant or they cannot even slightly know a composer style. But Debussy is very simple because he's from the "Belle Époque" era and he's also famous for his piano composition so is very simple (if you know him obviously). Another example is Mozart, very joyful compositions for orchestra (mostly known), but also famous for some Catholic liturgy composition and the "twinkle twinkle little star" (known mostly with this title, but the proper one is "Ah, dirai-je vous maman"). Maybe Beethoven for me is a bit hard for me because I don't listen a lot of him but he's famous for the romantic style; then there's Strauss too simple for his Waltzers or Marches (very pre-romantic period).

    • @harveyr.specter4755
      @harveyr.specter4755 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      because there is not too much beatiful things in the world. and beatiful ones should be known. OK?

    • @subasan4798
      @subasan4798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@harveyr.specter4755 you think this isn't beautiful?

    • @owenwilliams1222
      @owenwilliams1222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Murmer Ferret I thought it was one of his best known works...?

    • @Gew219
      @Gew219 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      It is popular. It was even featured in Civilisation V soundtrack.

  • @nicos.trassh
    @nicos.trassh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    There are just no words 2 properly depict this kind of music that would do it justice. This piece is music from the heavens that has been cast down upon earth for those with appreciative ears 2 listen 2 and cherish. It is so perfect. Thank u, Debussy.

  • @modaninonderi
    @modaninonderi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Reminds me my Grandmother. She was my best chilhood friend. She might was my best friend in this lonely life. Now I am 41 years old. I lost her at 2006. I miss her so deeply. Aging doesnt let person to forget his/her memories. I miss you Lady Berker. ❤️🙏🏻

  • @guychristophercarter845
    @guychristophercarter845 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just sent it to a friend and perhaps more, a girl with flaxen hair, clad today in a black blouse with gold jewelry and a swirling pleated skirt, also golden, all set off by glorious sunlight in a late September afternoon in New England. She was moving so fast, on a mission as always, that I had no chance to catch her eye or ear. But how this pierced deep into my treasure chest of revery and of memory, my girl with the flaxen hair. And now, because we passed each other, I have the joy of sending her this wonderful music to mark the sight and the moment.

  • @ramlathers8182
    @ramlathers8182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love this piece so much it often makes me tear up. It's just so pure and sweetly nostalgic.

  • @johncarter4131
    @johncarter4131 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This beautiful piece of music was played at my daughter's christening and it will always make me think of her.

  • @nvllnvoid4619
    @nvllnvoid4619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember listening to this when I was really small and laying with my grandma in her bed. I miss you Ama

  • @Anasings.23
    @Anasings.23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a 13 year old who loves classical music, jazz and blues. Music is so beautiful and Powerful. It makes my heart and soul so heavy and it makes me smile.

  • @pandora8478
    @pandora8478 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The most beautiful piece of music that I’ve heard in my life.

  • @wt8012
    @wt8012 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Debussy's music is just so beautiful it sets of so many positive emotions in me that few other composers ever could.

  • @juliashank4527
    @juliashank4527 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This really feels like a love song. Something about it feels so deeply human and serene, like a heart wistfully caught up in someone, in this case, the girl with the flaxen hair

    • @PameladB
      @PameladB 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Beautifully summed up for me .

  • @QualeQualeson
    @QualeQualeson หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the way he lets the strikes hang, it creates so much space. In that space you can do more than just hang on. You can pause, centre and reflect. The tune is breathing and you're breathing. Now you're an entity, and you have to be to see anything at all.

  • @staceyg9959
    @staceyg9959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    When I was 17, I played this piece for the annual recital my piano teacher did- from memory. I had blond hair at the time, I guess she thought that was funny. I wish I could still play it. If I practiced, I might be able to. It's such a haunting tune, like many of Debussey's others. And damn, I was good.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This wonderful music is a breath of fresh air in a world of so much hassle and annoyances

  • @ichi1957
    @ichi1957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My mom loved the movie "A Portrait of Jennie" 1948 when she was a pre-teen because of the music and of course the movie itself. I watched it not long ago and the music my mom loved was this Debussy composition. Beautiful, romantic. gorgeous piece, he is one of my favourite composers.

    • @christinelongenecker9005
      @christinelongenecker9005 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I watched the film because of your comment, truly beautiful story and film!

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The comfort of Debussy's music like this masterpiece is irreplaceable , and incomparable

  • @dust1077
    @dust1077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    When I hear this I think of little elves working like clockwork, building little wooden houses and little wooden toys. Whether for the children of the world or for themselves and their families, they never fail to disappoint. For they are masters at their craft.

    • @Bevsworld04
      @Bevsworld04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Write it down somewhere?

  • @saraheochoa
    @saraheochoa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This piece always makes me tear up.

  • @illeana687
    @illeana687 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the first time i heard this piece i was absolutely captivated and it instantly became one of my favorite pieces of all time. it really sparked my love for debussy

  • @ramlathers8182
    @ramlathers8182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So warm and dreamily nostalgic. So lovely it almost breaks your heart.

  • @TheAkelei
    @TheAkelei 8 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Wonderful piece, soothing and delightful. A classic. Debussy rules!

  • @avapolicastro
    @avapolicastro 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just played this piece! What a beautiful piece.

  • @allogogan2648
    @allogogan2648 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've always likened this song to the feeling of realizing you're in love. Just a split second where you're sure, and you've never been more certain of anything in your life. She's the one.

  • @gargunza4141
    @gargunza4141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.

  • @shodanart
    @shodanart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for posting this and pairing it with Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus”
    My brother and grew up without sisters and adored the girls as if they all came from Venus! Debussy speaks to the heart with the romantic refrain, the timing, melodic pathos! ❤️💔

  • @Никол-т7ь
    @Никол-т7ь 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This pice is so beautifull... Before I didn't put that mutch attention on Debussy, but now I fell in love with him and his compositions, one of the best compositors ever!

  • @noriemeha
    @noriemeha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This piece is special because I was sailing unaccompanied trans-Atlantic on Queen Mary 2 and after dinner, the show and cinema, I would go to the top of the ship where all the sleepless would gather in the Commodore Club. It was a bar with a pianist at a Steinway. First night I entered and was shown to a table and Spritzer was served. The pianist was playing Debussy, Claire de Lune. I noticed he was taking requests. I asked a waiter if the pianist might know La Fille aux Cheveux. And sure enough the pianist without a score, played it beautifully. The next night I entered and the head waiter greeted me with "Mister Norie,! A table for Mr Norie" and the pianist who was playing Satie (I think) immediately launched into La Fille aux Cheveux. I felt like the most important person on the ship for a full 5 minutes.

  • @TheNightmare75II
    @TheNightmare75II 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    So nice. I love that one climactic part around 1:09. Isao Tomita has a great version of this as well.

  • @llcamus249
    @llcamus249 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    Autumn is coming in Tokyo .
    I am listening to this masterpiece while hearing the sings of autumn insects that chirp with transient life .
    I feel a little pensive and pathos
    From Tokyo in the dizzying Megalopolis ablaze with numerous neon lights
    Which national are you watching this video ?

    • @madman-xo3ru
      @madman-xo3ru 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ireland 🇨🇮

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@madman-xo3ru
      Thank-you very much to your reply !
      How is your condition and your country ?
      How do you think and know about Japan ?
      I have read Ulysses .
      This novel is great .
      Take care of each other
      Good luck !

    • @cristinaako
      @cristinaako 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Florida

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@cristinaako
      Thank-you very much to your reply !
      How is your condition and your country ?
      The chrysanthemum , the symbol of Japanese Imperial family , bloom large flowers ( 20〜30 centimeters) everywhere of Japan .
      Now the red spider lilies are in full bloom on the banks or in the fields .
      Take care of each other
      Good luck !

    • @reginaismokyklosgatves5226
      @reginaismokyklosgatves5226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lithuania

  • @gerarddavid1011
    @gerarddavid1011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can’t get tired of this song

  • @Cecilia13241
    @Cecilia13241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Before covid, I used to listen to this song, clair de lune, and reverie.. in the early mornings as I got ready for work or to go to my college classes. So soothing and beautiful. My cat also loves the music lol, he is rubbing his face on my arm and laptop as I type this.

  • @eloofant
    @eloofant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m learning this song right now. I didn’t like it at first, but now I won’t ever forget it. It’s so magical :)

  • @kv19891
    @kv19891 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This song embodies my aunt, who recently passed away. The tears flow as I listen.

  • @opussecurity
    @opussecurity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    my daughter and I love this song so much

  • @FernandoSilva-yk2hq
    @FernandoSilva-yk2hq 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm 24 years old and I love listening to classical piano music since I was a kid. Now I'm an enterpreneur, I promote cultural and musical events. My first project was a piano performance of the most popular classical piano pieces of all time. I just think about what it would have been like to have lived at that time or even before, I really love past time.

  • @mushroomfairy6905
    @mushroomfairy6905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this reminds me of a memory that i am yet to have.

  • @z-434
    @z-434 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    we marched and played this and it was by far my favorite show that i’ve marched ever

  • @DrDinkle
    @DrDinkle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    First time hearing this. I just realized how amazing things are the first time you experience them. Each note is a surprise and your mind races to take in each key and the developing melody. Neat stuff

  • @jasendrileck2322
    @jasendrileck2322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The United States Academic Decathlon theme for this year was water. One of the pieces was Debussy’s “The Snow is Dancing”. I knew who Debussy was, but I had never liked classical music that much. Around this time, I rewatched Madoka Magica with a friend of mine, and they directly mention this song. I hadn’t hated the other Debussy piece I listened to, so I thought I’d give it a try. I was not prepared for how beautiful this song was.
    Thank you USAD and Madoka Magica, for introducing me to such a wonderful piece of work

  • @ChocolateJewels
    @ChocolateJewels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This has got to be my most favourite Debussy piece... and there are a few 😂, but this one just ... ah... gorgeous.

  • @austinthesan-antonian3932
    @austinthesan-antonian3932 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This Piece is the best Example of Music that I ever have heard, no Hyperbole. Had it, on my Keyboard Preset Songs, a few Years ago, and I am happy to have heard it. Thank you, Debussy, for this great Song.

  • @ف.م-ر2م
    @ف.م-ر2م 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Someone i love very much gave me the link to this, and i come here whenever i feel sad or anxious

  • @christiandozier4906
    @christiandozier4906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some people say classical music is stupid if one listens to this piece and cannot find themselves missing something they had and appreciating the beauty of this they don’t deserve it

  • @marlaleemouse
    @marlaleemouse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Classical music. Refuge from this impossible Life.

    • @labeauty9076
      @labeauty9076 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Forever

    • @charliebrownlee9490
      @charliebrownlee9490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To me this isn't refuge away from life but rather what life is meant for. Something beautiful and simple and sweet.

  • @cram7870
    @cram7870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He is simply one of the greatest musicians of the past 2000 yrs.

  • @Andrejviola
    @Andrejviola 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When we dont get something.... we listen to this piece.... lovely....

  • @21donuts
    @21donuts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you bella swan for introducing me to this wonderful music :)

  • @1701EarlGrey
    @1701EarlGrey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Madoka Magica....I'm glad that pop culture can awaken your interest in high culture. This melody is nothing less, than beautiful! 😊

    • @rodritube
      @rodritube 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So that's why it sounded too familiar. But I can't recall in wich scene appears

  • @TeamGreenBurrito
    @TeamGreenBurrito 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I discovered this song because of a girl I loved It quickly became my all time favorite classical piece; there are rare times when it does not have the power to bring me to tears.
    Even with her gone, I still adore it, painful as it can be at times; but I couldn’t possibly abandon it the way that she abandoned me.

  • @bigyoshi42069
    @bigyoshi42069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    That chord at 1:44 always hits me in the feels

  • @readyfxrtheweekendx
    @readyfxrtheweekendx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    still the best rendition. can’t find any as good on spotify so i always find myself here like.. once a week

  • @PadreDProductions
    @PadreDProductions 7 ปีที่แล้ว +408

    1:10 sounds familiar for some reason.. So pleasant.

    • @fatmikeSauce
      @fatmikeSauce 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      spiderman

    • @RickyTheFoxOfficialChannel
      @RickyTheFoxOfficialChannel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Andrea Diprè🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Fordham1969
      @Fordham1969 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      There's a short passage from the score of the 1960 film version of "The Time Machine" that's very similar to the section of this piece that you're referring to.Here's the part cued up...
      th-cam.com/video/BkVT8GsFzF8/w-d-xo.html

    • @cocconoce
      @cocconoce 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks

    • @SpaceLion87
      @SpaceLion87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Reminds me more a passage of The Lord of The Rings ;)

  • @gbbe9331
    @gbbe9331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's the most beautiful piece I have ever heard.

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “I don't know what's worse: to not know
    what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be,
    and feel alone.”

  • @deannaoquinn6822
    @deannaoquinn6822 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My Mother passed yesterday 28.6 2020 This was our song im 58 and my hair is the color of corn she always played this to me as a small child, This song is for you mum

  • @bluejam5819
    @bluejam5819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beauty comes in many forms, but none more so then the form of simplicity.

  • @cmcull987
    @cmcull987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So lovely. Thank you.

  • @GruntDestroyarChannel
    @GruntDestroyarChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The first half is meeting someone new and just talking it off with them and nonstop amazing conversationz. 1:10 is that moment where everything clicks and you realise youre in love.

  • @markherron1407
    @markherron1407 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You posted on my birthday which is June 9! Blessings and hugs 🤗💞🤗🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏!

  • @kevinmathewson4272
    @kevinmathewson4272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the slow, quiet moments in life that we have almost forgotten how to appreciate - like when you arrive first at a meeting place and as you are waiting for your friends you look out at the street, and the people walking, and the trees, and for a moment your life is paused, and in that stillness you become aware of the motion of your life, and even though some day it will you end you are glad just to be breathing - these quiet moments are what I hear in the meanderings of Debussy's music. Music that is not about going anywhere, music that does not rush from one chord progression to the next but instead celebrates stillness.
    It is our duty to our children to build a world for them in which those quiet moments have value, and they are not worked to death paying rent and bills to make other people rich, and they can appreciate being alive and experiencing this brief passage of sentience in a temporary universe.
    anyway that's my cringey, sentimental youtube comment

  • @irish89055
    @irish89055 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A lovely piece of music and the first 40 seconds are exquisite...

  • @kapokikkodragneel1505
    @kapokikkodragneel1505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Why do I feel nostalgic about things that never happened.
    Damn

    • @logotrikes
      @logotrikes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're right. Debussy does that to you...

    • @justmart4455
      @justmart4455 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah.

    • @virnaalbasi2313
      @virnaalbasi2313 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly...

    • @csdragonfly
      @csdragonfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're remembering past lives, maybe.

  • @Whitegirllover101
    @Whitegirllover101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nostalgia, this was the first classical piece i listened to that made me have an interest in classical music, rest in piece claude dabussy