The second movement of this composer's only string quartet opens in 6/8 time, with the first violin and cello playing a pizzicato G major chord four times. This composer wrote two dances for strings and a cross-strung harp, one dance "sacred" and the other "profane." This composer's three-movement set of Nocturnes was inspired by James Whistler paintings. A tone poem by this composer begins with a solo (*) flute that descends from C-sharp to G. The movement "From dawn to noon on the sea" opens a three-movement work by him that depicts the ocean. His twenty-four Préludes include "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair". For 10 points, name this French composer of Prelude to th
The second movement of this composer's only string quartet opens in 6/8 time, with the first violin and cello playing a pizzicato G major chord four times. This composer wrote two dances for strings and a cross-strung harp, one dance "sacred" and the other "profane." This composer's three-movement set of Nocturnes was inspired by James Whistler paintings. A tone poem by this composer begins with a solo (*) flute that descends from C-sharp to G. The movement "From dawn to noon on the sea" opens a three-movement work by him that depicts the ocean. His twenty-four Préludes include "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair". For 10 points, name this French composer of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, whose Suite Bergamasque includes "Clair de lune".
The second movement of this composer's only string quartet opens in 6/8 time, with the first violin and cello playing a pizzicato G major chord four times.
Claude Debussy [or Achille-Claude Debussy]