His best-known short piano piece was inspired by a Paul Verlaine poem about moonlight and is part of Suite Bergamasque.
An alternation between pizzicato and bowed melodies opens the "Assez vif et bien rythme" second movement of this composer's String Quartet in G minor. Another of his works largely consists of parallel thirds marked con sordina, and is part of a suite that also includes a "Menuet" and "Passepied." Vaslav Nijinsky caused controversy by appearing to masturbate during a ballet inspired by one of this composer's pieces. His best-known short piano piece was inspired by a Paul Verlaine poem about moonlight and is part of Suite Bergamasque. For 10 points, name this French composer of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and "Clair de Lune."
An alternation between pizzicato and bowed melodies opens the "Assez vif et bien rythme" second movement of this composer's String Quartet in G minor.
Achille-Claude Debussy