X:1
T:Clair de Lune - Opening Theme
C:Claude Debussy
S:Opening melody from Mutopia 1778, E. Fromont 1905 edition, page 1, bars 1-14
F:https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/DebussyC/L75/debussy_Ste_Bergamesq_Clair/debussy_Ste_Bergamesq_Clair-a4.pdf
N:Transposed D-flat to C. Upper melody and opening thirds retained; inner doublings reduced.
N:Low shared-staff notes in source bar 9 are assigned only to the left hand.
N:New compact accompaniment follows the opening harmony; final tonic bar is editorial.
N:Not the complete work. Follow the dotted-quarter pulse; the duplets remain intentional.
%%score {1 | 2}
L:1/8
M:9/8
Q:3/8=42
K:C
V:1 clef=treble name="Right hand"
V:2 clef=treble name="Left hand"
% Source opening thirds; omit only the sustained lower doubling at the end of bar 4.
[V:1] !pp!z2 [eg]-[eg]3 [ce]3- | [ce][Bd][ce] [Bd]6- | [Bd][Ac][Bd] (2:3:2ce- (2:3:2ec- | c[GB][Ac] B6- |
[V:2] !pp!z [EG]2-[EG]6 | [F_A]6-[FA]3 | [EG]6-[EG]3 | [DF]6-[DF]3 |
% Bring the moving melody into one voice instead of hiding it under held inner notes.
[V:1] BAB AdA GAG- | GFG F3 E3- | EEF EAE DED- | DCD C3 B,3 |
[V:2][K:clef=bass] [CD]6 [B,D]3 | [A,C]6 [_A,B,]3 | [G,=A,]6 [F,A,]3 | [E,G,]6 [G,,F,]3 |
% Return of the opening; octave doublings and competing sustained voices removed.
[V:1] z3 [eg]3 [ce]3- | [ce]de d6- | dcd [cg]3 e3- | ede d3 c3- |
[V:2] C, [E,G,]2-[E,G,]6 | [F,A,C]6-[F,A,C]3 | [C,E,G,]6-[C,E,G,]3 | [F,A,C]6-[F,A,C]3 |
[V:1] ccd (2:3:2ag- (2:3:2ge | ede (2:3:2dc- (2:3:2cA | !pp!G3 [ce]6 |]
[V:2] [E,_B,]3 [_B,CE]6 | [A,DF]6-[A,DF]3 | [G,B,F]3 [C,E,G,]6 |]