This genre titles the E major third piece in Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Morceaux de Fantaisie, which he heavily revised in 1940 along with the serenade. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this genre of Gabriel Fauré’s “Après un rêve.” This French-language genre, which developed in the mid-19th century, is analogous to German lieder (“LEE-der”) or English art songs.
ANSWER: mélodies (“may-lo-DEE”) [or melodiya]
[10m] Another popular mélodie by Fauré sets this poem as a B-flat minor minuet. This poem inspired a piano piece in 9/8 time that begins with an “F, A-flat” third, followed by the same interval an octave higher.
ANSWER: “Clair de lune” (by Paul Verlaine)
[10e] This composer’s dozens of mélodies include the cycles Ariettes oubliées (“ah-ree-ETT oo-blee-AY”) and Les Chansons de Bilitis (“lay shahn-SAWN duh bee-lee-TEESE”). Verlaine’s “Clair de lune” inspired a movement from this composer’s Suite Bergamasque.
ANSWER: Claude Debussy [or Achille-Claude Debussy]
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