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A Closer Look at Music Inspired by Rain
With all the rain we’re currently enjoying, I thought it’d be fun to take a closer look at music inspired by liquid precipitation. One thinks immediately of Chopin’s Raindrop Prelude, composed on a stormy afternoon in Mallorca, and Debussy’s impressionistic Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain).
The piano is often called upon to evoke the sound of rain. Makes sense, but there are also pieces about rain for cello (Gretchen Yanover), for clarinet (Helen Habershon).
And there’s the Oscar-winning soundtrack music from The Last Emperor: Rain by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Written by:
Dianne Nicolini
Published on 11.13.2026
