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Which movement of Suite bergamasque is Clair de lune?
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"Clair de lune" is the third movement of the Suite bergamasque, a four-movement piano composition by the French composer Claude Debussy.12
The piece, which was begun in 1890 and published in 1905, serves as a gentle, elegant contrast to the suite's more sprightly second movement, "Menuet," and fourth movement, "Passepied".12