Today’s Google Doodle is special. The musical doodle highlights French musician Claude Debussy’s famous composition ‘Claire de lune’. The romantic composition with Debussy’s music is one of the best Doodles created by Google in recent times.

The animated Doodle paints a quaint river-side scene in the moonlight with the act progressing through cities and finally culminating in a tender, romantic moment. Debussy’s Claire de lune tune plays in the background as the scene is progressing. Lights in the houses and street-lights flicker on and off in the doodle giving an illusion of a passing night. The clouds move around playing with the full moon.
The river-side is lined by a road and as ships pass the river, there are cyclists and motor-men moving on the road. The scene incorporates elements like smoke rising from chimneys and flickering lights to match the strings of the piano. The ships finally give way to two people rowing boats. As they near each other, it begins to rain. While the first boatman looks around helplessly, the second catches up and opens a read umbrella, sheltering them both.

The red umbrella is the only spot of colour in the entire doodle (apart from the initial balloons) which is set in the dark. ‘Claire de lune’ in French, meaning the ‘The Bright Moon’, is set in the night with only the moonlight and the occasional street-light flicker showing the proceedings.
Claire de lune is one of Claude Debussy’s earlier co.