Google has found innovative ways to commemorate important events and dates with nifty doodles. The latest one to land up on main Google search page celebrates French music composer Claude Debussy on his birth anniversary. Debussy, one of the greatest contributors to impressionist music, would have turned 151 today.
The doodle showcases a moonlit riverside with the tunes of Clair de lune, the third movement from Suite Bergamasque. The piece is also known as Moonlight, and is one of Debussy’s best known works. The animated doodle presents a star studded sky, flickering street lights and chimney smoke rising to the tunes of the piece. In addition, a windmill, boats, cycles, cars and balloons can also be seen.
The level of detailing of the doodle is once again astounding. The scene transitions from the star studded sky to show rain drops falling on the river and ends with two different boats crossing paths and the rowers sharing a red umbrella.
Google pays tribute to French composer in latest doodle
The composer who inspired this doodle was born in 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. Debussy started taking piano lessons in Cannes at the age of seven, where he had to move with his mother during the Franco-Prussian war. The composer entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1872, where he spent 11 years.
Debussy’s work was impacted greatly by another composer, a German named Richard Wagner, who died in 1883. And some of his pieces, like La damoiselle élue and Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire reflect that influence. The French composer is best known for his composition of pieces like Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, Pelleas et Melisande, Suite Bergamasque, La Cathedrale Engloutie and La Mer. Debussy passed away after a fight against colon cancer in Paris on 25 March, 1918 at the age of 55.
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