Rêverie

Young Debussy was dissatisfied with his work and felt deep regret publishing Rêverie (daydream). From the French word “revere,” the root meant “to speak wildly; a state of delirium or to rave like a lunatic.” Revere has morphed over time from madness to daydream and in the present day, the word implies “a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream.” The piece Rêverie creates a serene, dreamy, and utopian ambiance where one is lost in thought, longing, and daydreaming. The musing of the dream transforms into a heightened state of yearning as the texture becomes richer and more complex.