Au clair de la lune – Easy Sheet Music in PDF

Au clair de la lune is a traditional song of French origin whose composition is attributed, without being certain, to Jean-Baptiste Lully in the 17th century. The first known publication of the song dates back to 1843 by Théophile Marion Dumersan in his Chants et chansons populaires de la France. Au clair de la lune has the particularity of being the very first recorded song in the history of music. Indeed, Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, inventor of the sound recording technique, chose this song to make his first official recording, which makes it the oldest known recording of a human voice. Au clair de la lune is so popular today that it is one of the most frequently played pieces of music on the piano by beginning pianists.