La Lune blanche luit dans les bois, a setting by Paul Verlaine, is a song composed by Gabriel Urbain Faure in 1892 and first published in 1894.

Though light, the piano accompaniment provides an underlying pulse, lending the song a sense of propulsion; at the same time, the vocal line is appropriately dreamy and languid. While the vocal range is not especially demanding, the accompaniment provides little pitch support for the voice’s sometimes unusual intervals. When well performed, this richly expressive song is one of the most impressive and moving in the entire repertoire.

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